earth-closet

1. 1.

   a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate

   Synonymsouthouseprivyjakes

   Broaderoutbuilding

Questions about earth-closet

What does earth-closet mean?

earth-closet means "a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate".

How many syllables are in earth-closet?

earth-closet has 4 syllables: e-arth--clo-set. The stress falls on "arth-".

What is another word for earth-closet?

Close synonyms include outhouse, privy, jakes. 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 earth-closet a common word?

earth-closet is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.