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- [gahrd-hous]
- /ˈgɑrdˌhaʊs/
- /ˈɡɑːd.haʊs/
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- [gahrd-hous]
- /ˈgɑrdˌhaʊs/
Definitions of guardhouse word
- noun plural guardhouse a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty. 1
- noun plural guardhouse a building used for the temporary detention of military prisoners. 1
- noun guardhouse A building used to accommodate a military guard or to detain military prisoners. 1
- noun guardhouse sentry station 1
- noun guardhouse a building serving as the headquarters or a post for military police and in which military prisoners are detained 0
- noun guardhouse a building used by the members of a guard when not walking a post 0
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Origin of guardhouse
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
First recorded in 1585-95; guard + house
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Parts of speech for Guardhouse
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guardhouse popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 66% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 71% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
guardhouse usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for guardhouse
noun guardhouse
- penitentiary — a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, especially a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.
- lockup — a jail, especially a local one for temporary detention.
- confinement — Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
- jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- dungeon — Zork
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