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Grubenhaus
A primitive building partially dug into the ground and roofed overA primitive building partially dug into the ground and roofed over.
Meaning
1 sensesA primitive building partially dug into the ground and roofed over.
Grubenhaus
More definitions
- a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground; can be fully recessed into the earth, with a flat roof covered by ground, semi-recessed, with a constructed wood or sod roof standing out, or dug into a hillside.
Translations
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By meaning 1
primitive building:
Origin
From pit + house.From pit + house.
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