pit-house in English dictionary

  • pit-house

    Meanings and definitions of "pit-house"

    • noun
      a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.
      Dugouts are one of the most ancient types of human housing known to archeologists, and the same methods have evolved into modern "earth shelter" technology.

    Synonyms of "pit-house" in English dictionary

    dugout, dug-out, pithouse are the top synonyms of "pit-house" in the English thesaurus.

    • dugout · dug-out · pithouse

      a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.

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