| BACKHOUSE | • backhouse n. (Now dialect) An outbuilding behind the main building. • backhouse n. (US, Canada, euphemistic) An outhouse: an outbuilding used as a lavatory. • Backhouse prop.n. A surname from Old English. |
| BACKHOUSES | • backhouses n. Plural of backhouse. • Backhouses prop.n. Plural of Backhouse. • back-houses n. Plural of back-house. |
| BLOCKHOUSE | • blockhouse n. A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports. • blockhouse n. A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch. • blockhouse n. (Dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper story. |
| BLOCKHOUSES | • blockhouses n. Plural of blockhouse. • BLOCKHOUSE n. a wooden or concrete fortification with ports or loopholes for defensive fire, observation, etc. |
| BUNKHOUSE | • bunkhouse n. A building providing sleeping quarters for workers or guests, especially in a rural setting. • BUNKHOUSE n. a place where cowboys etc. sleep. |
| BUNKHOUSES | • bunkhouses n. Plural of bunkhouse. • BUNKHOUSE n. a place where cowboys etc. sleep. |
| COOKHOUSE | • cookhouse n. A small building where cooking takes place. • COOKHOUSE n. a place where cooking is carried out. |
| COOKHOUSES | • cookhouses n. Plural of cookhouse. • COOKHOUSE n. a place where cooking is carried out. |
| DECKHOUSE | • deckhouse n. A cabin that protrudes above a ship’s deck. • DECKHOUSE n. a room erected on the deck of a ship. |
| DECKHOUSES | • deckhouses n. Plural of deckhouse. • DECKHOUSE n. a room erected on the deck of a ship. |
| LOCKHOUSE | • lockhouse n. A small house beside a canal or river lock, occupied by the lockkeeper. • LOCKHOUSE n. a lockkeeper's house. |
| LOCKHOUSES | • lockhouses n. Plural of lockhouse. • LOCKHOUSE n. a lockkeeper's house. |
| STEAKHOUSE | • steakhouse n. A restaurant that specializes in good cuts of meat, particularly steak. • steak␣house n. Alternative form of steakhouse. • STEAKHOUSE n. a restaurant specialising in steak. |
| STEAKHOUSES | • steakhouses n. Plural of steakhouse. • steak␣houses n. Plural of steak house. • STEAKHOUSE n. a restaurant specialising in steak. |
| WORKHOUSE | • workhouse n. (Britain, historical) An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied… • workhouse n. (US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour. • workhouse n. (Archaic) A factory; a place of manufacture. |
| WORKHOUSES | • workhouses n. Plural of workhouse. • work␣houses n. Plural of work house. • WORKHOUSE n. (historical) a place for old people who can no longer support themselves. |