Thesaurus results for OUTHOUSE

outhouse

noun

as in privy

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Recent Examples of outhouse Fresh-faced and newly in love, with not much else to look forward to in a dark, gloomy 18th century New York City, the pair sneak off into a wooden outhouse and commit their religion’s holy sin. —

Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 25 Dec. 2025 How a team can go from the castle to the outhouse overnight. —

Doug Haller, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2025 In the 19 cabins here, propane lamps provide light, a wooden stove gives off heat, drinking water comes from an outdoor spigot, and a short path leads to an outhouse. —

Chloe Arrojado, AFAR Media, 25 Aug. 2025 The governor ordered state officials to search every warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse. —

Matt K. Lewis, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for outhouse

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Noun

That toilet has had issues during the mission, but even a half-functioning privy is better than Apollo's bathroom situation, which was super unfortunate, to say the least.

— Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 7 Apr. 2026
Still, the small-leaf hedging types, such as California privet (L. ovalifolium) and Chinese privet (L. sinense), are absolute garbage that belongs in a privy.

— Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2026