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

She also guides us to small two-storey outbuilding, gently announcing: "I wrote Rivals in there. Above a room with all the garden tools. It was very quiet."

From BBC

About 30 people were evacuated from the area, and one home and one outbuilding were destroyed, according to the news release.

From Los Angeles Times

Worse, he said, they burned down his "sanctuary" - a small two-room outbuilding which contained all of his books, his own poetry, his late mother's possessions and his family's identity documents, records, heirlooms and photographs.

From BBC

Two men found locked in an outbuilding are being treated as potential victims of modern slavery.

From BBC

Cambridgeshire Police said they found the men locked in an outbuilding "where they were forced to live and tend to a cannabis factory".

From BBC

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