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Roundhouse

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Roundhouse"

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Word	Definition
round housenoun	Alternative form of roundhouse. [A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.]
ringwallnoun	A circular rampart.
jailhousenoun	A building containing a prison.
prison housenoun	prison; jailhouse
lockup housenoun	(now historical) A small house where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, especially where debtors are held before transfer to a debtors' prison.
hut circlenoun	(archaeology) A circular or oval depression in the ground, sometimes with a low stone wall around it, that was once the foundation of a roundhouse.
prisonhousenoun	The main building of a prison.
lockhousenoun	A house, often small, beside a canal or river lock, usually occupied by the lockkeeper (locktender) in centuries past, and in some places still so occupied today.
watchhousenoun	A small prison attached to a police station, usually used on a temporary basis.
bughousenoun	(US, slang) A prison.
big housenoun	(slang) Prison, jail.
house of correctionnoun	(US, Massachusetts, Maryland) A prison.
carhousenoun	(Southern US, dated) A garage attached to a house.
clockhousenoun	(architecture) A house or dwelling featuring a large visible clock on its exterior.
rat housenoun	(Australia, slang) A mental hospital.
workhousenoun	(British, historical) An institution for homeless poor people funded by the local parish, where the able-bodied were required to work.
house of detentionnoun	A prison, especially a temporary one.
watch housenoun	Alternative spelling of watchhouse. [A small prison attached to a police station, usually used on a temporary basis.]
riding hallnoun	A building designed for indoor horse riding.
jointnoun	(anatomy) Any part of an animalian body where two bones or exoskeleton segments are abutted, in most cases allowing that part of the body to be bent or straightened.