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doss-house

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A place where homeless people can sleep for the night.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • W. Besant They [street Arabs] consort together and sleep in low doss houses where they meet with all kinds of villainy.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From doss + house.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: прыту́лак (prytúlak) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Belarusian: начле́жка (načljéžka) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Belarusian: прыю́т (pryjút) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Bulgarian: нощен приют (nošten prijut) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Bulgarian: прию́т (prijút) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Chinese Mandarin: 廉價旅館 /廉价旅馆 (liánjià lǚguǎn) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Dutch: nachtopvang — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Finnish: yömaja — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • French: asile de nuit — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • French: asile — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • German: Absteige — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • German: Penne — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Japanese: どや (doya) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Japanese: 安宿 (yasuyado) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Nivkh: ӿуӈгуф (huŋguf) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Persian: شبخانه (šab-xâne) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Polish: noclegownia — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Russian: ночле́жка (nočléžka) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Russian: ночле́жный дом (nočléžnyj dom) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Russian: прию́т (prijút) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Russian: ночно́й прию́т (nočnój prijút) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Serbo-Croatian: прихватилиште — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Serbo-Croatian: свратиште — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Serbo-Croatian: prihvatilište — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Serbo-Croatian: svratište — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Spanish: albergue — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Ukrainian: приту́лок (prytúlok) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Ukrainian: нічлі́жка (ničlížka) — sleeping-place for the homeless
  • Ukrainian: прию́т (pryjút) — sleeping-place for the homeless