mudhouse

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noun

A simple house built primarily of mud.

Scrabble 14

Meanings

nounmudhouse (plural mudhouses)

plural mudhouses

  1. A simple house built primarily of mud.

    The settlers' mudhouses were swamped and they could not get out.

    1955, Moses Zebi Frank, Sound the great trumpet, page 37
    1 more example

    The new villages are built of mortar and brick, some of stone, and are a far cry from the villages of mudhouses.

    1963, Allen J. Ellender, “United States Foreign Operations in Africa”, in Reports and Documents, volume 19, United States: Congress, page 168

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“mudhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudhouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mudhouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mudhouse.

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