Birthhouse

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A building used for birthing.
  2. 2
    The house of one's birth (house where one was born).

Etymology

From birth + house. Cognate with West Frisian bertehûs, Dutch geboortehuis, German Geburtshaus.

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