outbuilding

English

Etymology

From out +‎ building.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈaʊtˌbɪl.dɪŋ/

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Noun

outbuilding (plural outbuildings)

1. A building, such as a barn, shed, or garage, that is separate from, but associated with some main building.
   • 2020 September 1, Nicholas Barber, “Five stars for I'm Thinking of Ending Things”, in BBC‎:

     Once they reach the remote farm, Jake insists on giving Lucy a tour of the outbuildings before they go into the house, a tour that includes some lambs that have frozen to death in a barn, and the spot where a pig was eaten alive by maggots.

Related terms

• outhouse

Translations

separate building associated with a main building

Bulgarian: пристройка (bg) f (pristrojka) Chinese: Mandarin: 外屋 (zh) (wàiwū), 庫房 / 库房 (zh) (kùfáng) Dutch: bijgebouw (nl) n Finnish: ulkorakennus (fi) French: dépendance (fr), cabanon (fr) m Galician: alpendre (gl) m, cabanón m, alboio (gl) m, pendello (gl) m German: Nebengebäude (de) n Ido: hangaro (io) Italian: chiosco (it) m, padiglione (it) m Japanese: 離れ家 (ja) (はなれや, hanareya) Macedonian: до́градба f (dógradba), по́мошна згра́да f (pómošna zgráda), депанда́нс m (depandáns), спо́редна згра́да f (spóredna zgráda) Norwegian: uthus n Ottoman Turkish: طام (dam) Polish: przybudówka f Portuguese: dependência (pt) f Russian: фли́гель (ru) m (flígelʹ), пристро́йка (ru) f (pristrójka) Scottish Gaelic: seada m or f Serbo-Croatian: sporedna zgrada f, depandansa (sh) f Swedish: uthus (sv) n

Verb

outbuilding

1. present participle and gerund of outbuild