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Definition of outhouse noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

outhouse

noun
 
/ˈaʊthaʊs/
 
/ˈaʊthaʊs/
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  1. (British English) a small building, such as a shed, outside a main building
    • They found the tools in an outhouse of the vicarage.
  2. (especially North American English) a toilet in a small building of its own
    • They dug a latrine and built an outhouse around it.
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