cathouse

Other forms of cathouse

plural

cathouses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cathouse

What does cathouse mean?

cathouse means "a building where prostitutes are available".

How many syllables are in cathouse?

cathouse has 2 syllables: ca-thouse. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for cathouse?

Close synonyms include whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cathouse a common word?

cathouse is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.