Words that rhyme with backhaus

  • alehouse
    n 1: a tavern where ale is sold
  • bathhouse
    n 1: a building containing dressing rooms for bathers [syn: bathhouse, bathing machine] 2: a building containing public baths [syn: bathhouse, bagnio]
  • cathouse
    n 1: a building where prostitutes are available [syn: whorehouse, brothel, bordello, bagnio, house of prostitution, house of ill repute, bawdyhouse, cathouse, sporting house]
  • chophouse
    n 1: a restaurant that specializes in steaks [syn: steakhouse, chophouse]
  • clubhouse
    n 1: a building that is occupied by a social club; "the clubhouse needed a new roof" [syn: clubhouse, club]
  • courthouse
    n 1: a government building that houses the offices of a county government 2: a building that houses judicial courts
  • doghouse
    n 1: outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog [syn: kennel, doghouse, dog house] 2: an idiomatic term for being in disfavor; "in the doghouse"
  • glasshouse
    n 1: a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions [syn: greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse]
  • greenhouse
    adj 1: of or relating to or caused by the greenhouse effect; "greenhouse gases" n 1: a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions [syn: greenhouse, nursery, glasshouse]
  • guardhouse
    n 1: a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained
  • henhouse
    n 1: a farm building for housing poultry [syn: chicken coop, coop, hencoop, henhouse]
  • hothouse
    n 1: a greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner [syn: conservatory, hothouse, indoor garden]
  • icehouse
    n 1: a house for storing ice
  • jailhouse
    n 1: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) [syn: jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey]
  • lighthouse
    n 1: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships [syn: beacon, lighthouse, beacon light, pharos]
  • madhouse
    n 1: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit]
  • nuthouse
    n 1: pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium, snake pit]
  • outhouse
    n 1: a small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate [syn: outhouse, privy, earth- closet, jakes]
  • penthouse
    n 1: an apartment located on the top floors of a building
  • roadhouse
    n 1: an inn (usually outside city limits on a main road) providing meals and liquor and dancing and (sometimes) gambling
  • roughhouse
    v 1: engage in rough or disorderly play
  • roundhouse
    n 1: workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives 2: a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
  • schoolhouse
    n 1: a building where young people receive education; "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning" [syn: school, schoolhouse]
  • smokehouse
    n 1: a small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish [syn: smokehouse, meat house]
  • statehouse
    n 1: a government building in which a state legislature meets
  • tollhouse
    n 1: a booth at a tollgate where the toll collector collects tolls [syn: tollbooth, tolbooth, tollhouse]
  • workhouse
    n 1: a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor 2: a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
  • almshouse
  • backhouse
  • bunkhouse
  • stackhouse