passage house

noun

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

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outhouse
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Meanings

nounpassage house (plural passage houses)

plural passage houses · alternative passage-house

  1. obsoleterareAn outbuilding used for the passage of feces: an outhouse.

    Synonyms: outhouse

  2. archaicrareA building providing transportation across a passage: a ferryhouse.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
outhouse
Also see
outhouse

Origin

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

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APA

passage house. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passage%20house

MLA

“passage house.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passage%20house. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “passage house,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passage%20house.

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