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passage house en · NOUN

Etymology

From passage in its obsolete sense "passage of feces" and dated sense "place for easy passage of a river etc."

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, rare) An outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.
  2. (archaic, rare) A building providing transportation across a passage: a ferryhouse.

Forms

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passage houses Number=Plur lexicographic
passage-house alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

outhouse (outhouse)