Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA primitive building partially dug into the ground and roofed over.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan casa en rasa, casa excavada
- casa en rasaprimitive building
- casa excavadaprimitive building
Czech polozemnice
- polozemniceprimitive building
Dutch kuilhuis
- kuilhuisprimitive building
Finnish kuoppatalo
- kuoppataloprimitive building
German Grubenhaus
- Grubenhausprimitive building
Korean 수혈주거
- 수혈주거 (suhyeoljugeo)primitive building
Polish ziemianka
- ziemiankaprimitive building
Spanish casa en zanja, casa excavada
- casa en zanjaprimitive building
- casa excavadaprimitive building
Swedish grophus
- grophusprimitive building
Cite this entry
pithouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pithouse
“pithouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pithouse. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pithouse,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pithouse.
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