Home › Words › W › woodhousewoodhouse/ˈwʊd.haʊs/woodhouse · name — A surname.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).woodhouse is pronounced /ˈwʊd.haʊs/.EtymologyFrom wood + house.nameA surname.Various places in the United Kingdom:; A southern suburb of Whitehaven, Copeland borough, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NX9716).Various places in the United Kingdom:; A village and civil parish in Charnwood borough, Leicestershire, England (OS grid ref SK5415).Various places in the United Kingdom:; A suburban village and ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SK4284).A locality in the Shire of Southern Grampians, south western Victoria, AustralianounA house or shed for storing (chopped) woode.g.“The ceiling is covered with paintings of scriptural subjects, which still remain, notwithstanding that the building is now desecrated, and used as a woodhouse by the neighboring farmer.” — 1820, Dawson Turner, Account of a Tour in Normandy, Vol. I. (of 2):Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.woodstore 74% match — A building for the storage of wood. vs woodhouse →hoghouse 66% match — A house (barn or shed) for hogs (pigs). vs woodhouse →woodbox 63% match — A box used for the storage of wood, particularly firewood. vs woodhouse →stovewood 63% match — Cut wood for burning in a stove. vs woodhouse →toolshed 63% match — An outdoor shed for storing tools and other equipment. vs woodhouse →housebote 62% match — Wood granted to a tenant for the repair of buildings or for fuel. vs woodhouse →driveshed 62% match — A rural outbuilding for sheltering vehicles, farm machinery, and/or visitors' horses. vs woodhouse →wooder 61% match — A woodcutter or wood-gatherer. vs woodhouse →