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Longhouse is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Longhouse meaning

  1. A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
  2. An outhouse, an outbuilding used for urination and defecation.
  3. The modern society, perceived as increasingly matriarchal and overly egalitarian, and therefore stifling nonconformity and masculine values.

Using Longhouse

  • The main meaning on this page is: A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples. | An outhouse, an outbuilding used for urination and defecation. | The modern society, perceived as increasingly matriarchal and overly egalitarian, and therefore stifling nonconformity and masculine values.
  • In the example corpus, longhouse often appears in combinations such as: the longhouse, to longhouse, longhouse on.

Context around Longhouse

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 5 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 16 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

nations 2× wooden 1× vertical 1× two 1×

Often after:

spokesman 1× residents 1× used 1× poet 1× today 1× chiefs 1× compound 1× villagers 1× folks 1× verified 1×

Sentence patterns with Longhouse

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a vertical longhouse 1× a wooden longhouse used for 1× form with longhouse poet trained 1× from his longhouse verified his 1× many nations longhouse near global 1× many nations longhouse on agate 1× of the longhouse folks james 1× of two longhouse villagers 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a collision between 1× a wooden longhouse 1× at the function 1× boiling engkabang seeds 1× he announced this 1× i told pree 1×

Common sentence endings:

global scholars hall 2× a vertical longhouse 1× chairperson samuel tegap 1× funding is available 1× headhunting was prevalent 1× kanowit district officer 1×

Words around Longhouse

Just before it in the word index:

longhorns 330 longhorned 7 longhorn 80 longhill 2 longhi 13 longhaven 2

Just after it in the word index:

longhouses 9 longhurst 11 longi 3 longiceps 6 longicollum 2 longicornis 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaditya 24 aardman 24 abbess 24 abbi 24 abbo 24 abdo 24

Corpus analysis for Longhouse

  • In this selection, "longhouse" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, nations, wooden, vertical, spokesman, residents and used stand out and add context to how "longhouse" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a vertical longhouse and a wooden longhouse used for. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "longhouse" sits close to words such as aaditya, aardman and abbess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with longhouse

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Boiling engkabang seeds on the longhouse compound. (7 words)

The longhouse was a defensive unit in the past, when headhunting was prevalent. (13 words)

Before that, the bungalow was home to Matt and Leslie Yazzie’s Longhouse art gallery. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

On the eve of this weekend’s Grand National, this afternoon’s victory is a good indicator that the Mulryan-owned horses are in good form, with Longhouse Poet, trained by Martin Brassil, one of the favourites for this weekend’s big race. (43 words)

The Many Nations Longhouse on Agate Street is located across the street from Kalapuya Ilihi, and the Museum of Natural and Cultural History sits a little further, right next to Global Scholars Hall. (33 words)

According to a longhouse spokesman, the longhouse, which does not have water or electricity supply, currently has 15 bilik, with more to come once funding is available. (27 words)

Example sentences (16)

According to a longhouse spokesman, the longhouse, which does not have water or electricity supply, currently has 15 bilik, with more to come once funding is available.

At the function, Dennis reminded the longhouse residents on the importance of carrying out fire awareness programmes to reduce the risk of outbreak.

A wooden longhouse used for meetings sits deeper in the territory, testimony to the residents’ adherence to traditional ways.

I was shown a picture of a high-rise multi-unit dwelling, I thought: It’s a vertical longhouse.

On the eve of this weekend’s Grand National, this afternoon’s victory is a good indicator that the Mulryan-owned horses are in good form, with Longhouse Poet, trained by Martin Brassil, one of the favourites for this weekend’s big race.

He announced this during a visit to the longhouse today, where he also listened to the immediate needs of the victims.

I told Pree and two other longhouse chiefs to convey the matter to the Kanowit District Officer.

Boiling engkabang seeds on the longhouse compound.

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A collision between a car and a motorcycle, which occurred at Sungai Bidut near here late Sunday, claimed the lives of two longhouse villagers.

One of the longhouse folks, James Kusau, also thanked everyone who were assisting to resolve the problem.

The Search and Rescue (SAR) team confirmed he was dead and people from his longhouse verified his identity.

They also spent some time swapping information on the traditional Iban gendang with the longhouse folk, according to Kemada vice-chairperson Samuel Tegap.

Before that, the bungalow was home to Matt and Leslie Yazzie’s Longhouse art gallery.

That event will happen again March 9 at noon at the Many Nations Longhouse near Global Scholars Hall.

The Many Nations Longhouse on Agate Street is located across the street from Kalapuya Ilihi, and the Museum of Natural and Cultural History sits a little further, right next to Global Scholars Hall.

The longhouse was a defensive unit in the past, when headhunting was prevalent.

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Common combinations with longhouse

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "longhouse" in a sentence?
An example: "According to a longhouse spokesman, the longhouse, which does not have water or electricity supply, currently has 15 bilik, with more to come once funding is available." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "longhouse" from authentic English texts.
What does "longhouse" mean?
Longhouse means: A long communal housing of the Iroquois and some other American Indians, the Malaysians, the Indonesians, the Vikings, and many other peoples.
How many example sentences with "longhouse" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "longhouse", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.