guardhouse
Americannoun
PLURAL
guardhouses-
a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
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a building used for the temporary detention of military prisoners.
noun
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Origin of guardhouse
Example Sentences
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These included an “underground vault, subterranean parking, an attached subterranean ‘wellness center’ and a detached guardhouse,” according to documents reviewed by People magazine.
From MarketWatch
The theft of the gun while he was out of the guardhouse will be another black mark.
From Los Angeles Times
Whistling Cay has a guardhouse that colonial-era officials used to scan waters for slaves escaping from St. John to the nearby island of Tortola.
From Seattle Times
It was built in 1877 in the form of a panopticon, giving a central guardhouse a clear view to all corners of the "wheel".
From BBC
On a Friday afternoon in late March, dozens of workers were lining up at the guardhouse to start their shifts building batteries for vehicles like the Ford F-150 Lightning and the Volkswagen ID.4.
From Washington Post
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