pithouse

English

Alternative forms

pit-house

Etymology

pit +‎ house

Noun

pithouse (plural pithouses)

(archaeology) A primitive building partially dug into the ground and roofed over.

Synonyms

Translations

primitive building

Catalan: casa en rasa f, casa excavada f
Czech: polozemnice (cs) n
Dutch: kuilhuis n
Finnish: kuoppatalo
German: Grubenhaus n
Korean: 수혈주거 (suhyeoljugeo)
Polish: ziemianka (pl) f
Spanish: casa en zanja f, casa excavada f
Swedish: grophus n

Further reading

Pit-house on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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