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View synonyms for outbuilding

outbuilding

[ out-bil-ding ]

noun

  1. a detached building building subordinate to a main building. building.


outbuilding

/ ˈaʊtˌbɪldɪŋ /

noun

  1. a building subordinate to but separate from a main building; outhouse


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Word History and Origins

Origin of outbuilding1

First recorded in 1620–30; out- + building

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Example Sentences

He tried to remember whether a tree or roof of an outbuilding against any of the windows made this means of escape possible.

A third outbuilding puzzled the Murnan carpenters even more than the two-storied wooden house and the enormous barn.

The building was a dingy yellow-brick residence outside the village, with the schoolroom as an outbuilding of lath and plaster.

And Harlan saw Woodward come from behind an outbuilding, look toward the ranchhouse, and then walk slowly toward them.

Another crash and quaking, and this time in a cloud of dust an outbuilding jumped and tumbled asunder.

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