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outhouse

a place to defecate, often located in a separate small building a bit off
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outhouse

Summary

outhouse ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (981 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • outhouse is a type of toilet[2].
  • outhouse is a type of outbuilding[3].
  • outhouse's Commons category is recorded as Outhouses[4].
  • outhouse's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Outhouses[5].
  • outhouse's Commons gallery is recorded as Outhouse[6].
  • outhouse's different from is recorded as chemical toilet[7].
  • outhouse's different from is recorded as pit latrine[8].
  • outhouse's different from is recorded as dry toilet[9].
  • outhouse's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000524[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include toilet[2] and outbuilding[3].

Why It Matters

outhouse ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (981 views/month).[1] outhouse has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] outhouse is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . Environment Ontology. Retrieved . raw.githubusercontent.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). outhouse. Retrieved April 10, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/outhouse
MLA “outhouse.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 10 Apr. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/outhouse.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_outhouse_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{outhouse}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/outhouse}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → chemical toilet, pit latrine, dry toilet
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → toilet, outbuilding
    Subclass of → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 12749, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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