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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

passage house

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.26 in modern English

Syllables
pas-sage -house
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.

Obsolete

noun

A building providing transportation across a passage: a ferryhouse.

Archaic

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

passage houses (plural) passage-house (alternative)

Synonyms

outhouse

Questions

What does passage house mean?
An outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.
Where does passage house come from?
From passage in its obsolete sense "passage of feces" and dated sense "place for easy passage of a river etc."

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