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Meaning of necessary house | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An outhouse: an outbuilding used for the "necessary" business of urination and defecation.

euphemistic, obsolete

Examples

“I knew a gentleman who was so good a manager of his time that he would not even lose that small portion of it which the calls of nature obliged him to pass in the necessary-house; but gradually went through all the Latin poets in those moments.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

necessary place necessary room necessary stool necessary vault necessary woman necessitarian