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COACH HOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does coach house mean?
• COACH HOUSE (noun)
The noun COACH HOUSE has 1 sense:
1. a small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles
Familiarity information: COACH HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
carriage house; coach house; remise
Hypernyms ("coach house" is a kind of...):
outbuilding (a building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building)
Context examples
On the other side was a stately stone mansion, plainly betokening every sort of comfort and luxury, from the big coach house and well-kept grounds to the conservatory and the glimpses of lovely things one caught between the rich curtains.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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