guardhouse
Americannoun
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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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He said their occupation of the guardhouse would have sufficed in causing disruption and the damage they caused was "gratuitous" and for "performance purposes only".
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2026
A property of such high value—with its separate 5,000-square-foot guest penthouse, caretaker house, two-bedroom guardhouse, 12-car garage, and parking for 80 vehicles—has a considerably lower buyer pool, because most people simply cannot afford it.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 5, 2026
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 • Feb. 5, 2024
But on a previous trip, I had hiked to the ragged stone remains of a sugar mill, overseer’s residence and a guardhouse, much of it overgrown by thorny bushes.
From Washington Post • Jun. 24, 2021
She shoves open the door of the guardhouse, but I grab hold of her arm.
From "Dragons in a Bag" by Zetta Elliott
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