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

Word History and Origins

Origin of outbuilding¹

First recorded in 1620–30; out- + building

Example Sentences

The novel centers on the “china room,” an outbuilding on a farm in rural Punjab where, in 1929, the three wives of three brothers sleep and cook for their husbands and dictatorial mother-in-law.

From Washington Post

We explored the outbuildings of Mass MoCA, a contemporary art museum that occupies a former printing factory.

From Washington Post

Though they are often rented, it doesn’t hurt to have an industrial unit on-hand if you have a large home with outbuildings, rental properties, or own commercial real estate.

From Popular-Science

All the other outbuildings were lost and, most cruelly, his beloved truck, the one he dreamed of taking to Texas on his last road trip.

From Outside Online

Zandvliet works out of an outbuilding next to a residential home.

From Voice of San Diego

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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