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OUTBUILDING

Dictionary entry overview: What does outbuilding mean?

• OUTBUILDING (noun)
The noun OUTBUILDING has 1 sense:

1. a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building

Familiarity information: OUTBUILDING used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• OUTBUILDING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("outbuilding" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "outbuilding"):

carriage house; coach house; remise (a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles)

garage (an outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles)

dog house; doghouse; kennel (outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog)

earth-closet; jakes; outhouse; privy (a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate)

shed (an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage)

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