outbuilding

[ out-bil-ding ]
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noun
  1. a detached building subordinate to a main building.

Origin of outbuilding

1
First recorded in 1620–30; out- + building

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How to use outbuilding in a sentence

  • There are dozens of weapons stored in the bombed-out building on the outskirts of Al Bab and he had made all of them by hand.

  • I had some of our guys out building a gun safe yesterday at a house where the guy was wacky.

    How to Buy a Gun in Arizona | Eve Conant, Molly Kelly-Yahner | January 15, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • But the pitch-pine fire was there, all the same; it had been made on the ground behind a small out-building.

    East Angels | Constance Fenimore Woolson
  • Going round the out-building of the store, he made his way through the snow to the cabin where Spurling was imprisoned.

    Murder Point | Coningsby Dawson
  • Humanity wears itself out building bridges for imaginary torrents.

    The Pagan Madonna | Harold MacGrath

British Dictionary definitions for outbuilding

outbuilding

/ (ˈaʊtˌbɪldɪŋ) /


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

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