Definition of Dog house

1. Noun. Outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog.

Exact synonyms: Doghouse, Kennel
Generic synonyms: Outbuilding, Shelter
Derivative terms: Kennel

Definition of Dog house

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of doghouse) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dog House

dog diseases
dog distemper virus
dog do
dog ear
dog eared
dog eat dog
dog fennel
dog fight
dog flea
dog food
dog fur
dog guide
dog hobble
dog hook
dog house
dog houses
dog in the hunt
dog in the manger
dog it
dog laurel
dog meat
dog mercury
dog musher
dog my cats
dog nose
dog paddle
dog person
dog pound
dog racing

Literary usage of Dog house

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Roraima and British Guiana: With a Glance at Bermuda, the West Indies, and by John Whetham Boddam-Whetham (1879)
"... CHAPTER V. TO SANTA CRUZ—BASSIN—A DOG-HOUSE—FRUIT STEALING "THIBET" TREES—GREEN HERONS—PRETTY SCENERY—WEST END—SANTA CRUZ V. ST. ..."

2. History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States by William Dunlap (1834)
"Jarvis took paints and brush, and wrote on tins dog-house, in front and on ... They went— and the painter took out of the dog-house a puppy which had not ..."

3. Yseldon a Perambulation of Islington by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins (1858)
"The dog house Bar was the name given to a turnpike in Old Street, close by the site of a dog-house, or place for keeping the city hounds, at a time when the ..."

4. Sporting Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02751662] (1802)
"At the hither end was the dog-house (to enclose the dogs that were to run the course), which was attended by two men, one of whom stood at the door to slip ..."

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