pithouse

English

Alternative forms

• pit-house

Etymology

From pit +‎ house.

Noun

pithouse (plural pithouses)

1. (archaeology) A primitive building partially dug into the ground and roofed over.

Synonyms

• grubhouse
• sunken featured building
• SFB

Translations

primitive building

Catalan: casa en rasa f, casa excavada f Czech: polozemnice (cs) n Dutch: kuilhuis n Finnish: kuoppatalo German: Grubenhaus n Korean: 수혈주거 (suhyeoljugeo) Polish: ziemianka (pl) f Spanish: casa en zanja f, casa excavada f Swedish: grophus n

Further reading

• Pit-house on Wikipedia.Wikipedia