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Meaning of "guardhouse" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GUARDHOUSE

guardhouse  [ˈɡɑːdˌhaʊs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GUARDHOUSE

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Guardhouse is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GUARDHOUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

guardhouse

Guardhouse

A guardhouse is a building used to house personnel and security equipment. Guardhouses have historically been dormitories for sentries or guards, and places where sentries not posted to sentry posts wait "on call", but are more recently manned by a contracted security company. Some guardhouses also function as jails.

Definition of guardhouse in the English dictionary

The definition of guardhouse in the dictionary is a building serving as the headquarters or a post for military police and in which military prisoners are detained.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GUARDHOUSE


beadhouse
ˈbiːdˌhaʊs
birdhouse
ˈbɜːdˌhaʊs
clubhouse
ˈklʌbˌhaʊs
coldhouse
ˈkəʊldˌhaʊs
courthouse
ˈkɔːtˌhaʊs
deadhouse
ˈdɛdˌhaʊs
farmhouse
ˈfɑːmˌhaʊs
greenhouse
ˈɡriːnˌhaʊs
grindhouse
ˈɡraɪndˌhaʊs
guesthouse
ˈɡɛstˌhaʊs
lighthouse
ˈlaɪtˌhaʊs
madhouse
ˈmædˌhaʊs
penthouse
ˈpɛntˌhaʊs
roadhouse
ˈrəʊdˌhaʊs
roundhouse
ˈraʊndˌhaʊs
steakhouse
ˈsteɪkˌhaʊs
warehouse
ˈwɛəˌhaʊs
Winehouse
waɪnˌhaʊs
Wodehouse
ˈwʊdˌhaʊs
woodhouse
ˈwʊdˌhaʊs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GUARDHOUSE

guard ring
guard´s van
Guardafui
guardage
guardant
guarded
guardedly
guardedness
guardee
guarder
Guardi
guardian
guardian angel
Guardian Angels
Guardian reader
Guardianista
guardianship
guardless
guardrail
guardroom

WORDS THAT END LIKE GUARDHOUSE

beach house
coffee house
country house
detached house
dollhouse
full house
house
house-to-house
in-house
lady of the house
mouse
Mulhouse
on the house
open house
opera house
playhouse
steak house
terraced house
town house
treehouse
Waterhouse

Synonyms and antonyms of guardhouse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «guardhouse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GUARDHOUSE

Find out the translation of guardhouse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of guardhouse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «guardhouse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

警卫室
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

caseta de vigilancia
570 millions of speakers

English

guardhouse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पहरे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حراسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гауптвахта
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

guarita
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

guardhouse
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

poste de garde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

pondok pengawal
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Wachhaus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

衛兵所
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

영창
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jaga
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trại giam
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

guardhouse
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गार्डहॉउस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bekçi evi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

corpo di guardia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wartownia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гауптвахта
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

guardhouse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυλάκιο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

waghuis
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vakthuset
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

vakthus
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of guardhouse

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GUARDHOUSE»

The term «guardhouse» is regularly used and occupies the 69.862 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GUARDHOUSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «guardhouse» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «guardhouse» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about guardhouse

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GUARDHOUSE»

Discover the use of guardhouse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to guardhouse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
K. F. Schinkel 1781-1841: An Architect in the Service of Beauty
The guards had to stand in front of the building and greet passing members of the royal family. The building was flanked by monuments of famous generals. The planning and construction of the New Guardhouse between the years 1815 and ...
Martin Steffens, 2003
2
In the Polish Secret War: Memoir of a World War II Freedom ...
Our men began to fire at the guardhouse and the Germans who were in it opened fire with everything they had: machine guns, submachine guns, rifles, hand grenades, and flares. When some German soldiers came out of their fortified ...
Marian S. Mazgaj, 2008
3
Putnam's Revolutionary War Winter Encampment: The History ...
This twelve- by eighteen-foot log cabin was constructed about two hundred feet north of the main entrance over existing ruins, which were presumed by the commissioners to be the site of the camp's guardhouse. Actually, the guardhouse for ...
Daniel Cruson, 2011
4
Poland 1939: The Birth of Blitzkrieg
B Guardhouse Schupo C Guardhouse t D Guardhouse 2 E Guardhouse 3 F Guardhouse 4 G Guardhouse 5 H 'Fort' machine-gun bunker I 37mm AT gun J 37mm AT gun K 8tmm Mortar ;> Afternoon. Poles fall back to a new defensive line from ...
‎2002
5
A Rise to Power
The next morning, Anthonywalked downto the guardhouse. Nico looked at him as he saw a car slowly pulling up. They saw six men in the vehicle. “Anthony, get on the floor ofthe guardhouse, now. Staythere and don't get up,” said Nico as he ...
Mia Rabb, 2013
6
Index digest of the published decisions of the Comptroller ...
Confinement in guardhouse, etc. — Continued Adequacy, etc. — Continued ters assigned to member in guardhouse or brig are adequate would not be controlling as to member's entitlement to basic allowance for quarters during confinement ...
United States. General Accounting Office, 1962
7
Power Check-Commo Check
As I recall, the shooting took place somewhere between 11:00 PM (2300 hours military time) and 12:00 PM (2400 hours) on the top of the masonry wall in the guardhouse. The circumstances were, according to the only two witnesses, two ...
Hampden R. White, 2009
8
Louisbourg: A Living History Colourguide
ICE. HOUSE. &. GUARDHOUSE. The cone-shaped building just behind de Gannes' house was the ice house. Winter ice, cut from the ponds and hauled to the town in sledges, was set inside the structure's deep pit and carefully packed in ...
Susan Young de Biagi, 2010
9
Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American ...
The next time you are drunk and have become sober, you will not be released from the guardhouse, but will remain there for seven days. Each day you will do what that soldier prisoner is doing out there. You will have a wheelbarrow and go  ...
Richard Henry Pratt, Robert M. Utley, 1964
10
Provender Gleed
Is glimpsed the brick-built guardhouse by the road's edge, with its open arched doorway. The guardhouse had been occupied by a member of the security staff when she and Damien had arrived this afternoon, a thickset monster of a man with ...
James Lovegrove, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GUARDHOUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term guardhouse is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Spilger: Fort Hartsuff is a Sandhills stronghold
... officers' quarters, commanding officer's quarters, hospital, storehouse, bakery, stable, and guardhouse have all been restored to their original ... «Grand Island Independent, Jul 15»
2
Heritage Hill's new guardhouse exhibit opens to public
The past and present formally joined hands Saturday with the grand opening of Heritage Hill State Historical Park's new exhibit, the ... «Green Bay Press Gazette, Jul 15»
3
Arizona Traditions guardhouse dispute wraps up
The city's position since early April has been that without these accessibility improvements, the guardhouse would not be ADA compliant. «YourWestValley.com, Jul 15»
4
Postcard from . . . Louisiana
A few miles down the road, however, the pastoral idyll abruptly ends at a guardhouse surrounded by razor wire. A long line of cars waits for ... «Financial Times, Jul 15»
5
Woman bitten, robbed by another woman in San Francisco
Alcatraz has been given $3 million in improvements to the sally port, guardhouse, library, schoolhouse and other historic areas. «San Francisco Sun Times, Jul 15»
6
Fort Howard Guardhouse Renovated
Highlighted by the fort's original guardhouse which was moved off the fort's grounds in the mid-1800s to a location on Bond Street. «WeAreGreenBay.com, Jul 15»
7
'GAME CHANGER': Surprise $4 million to fund improvements at Fort …
... an “Officers' Club” in the USO Building and a new restaurant and pub to be called Taps at the Guardhouse in the building that was once the ... «Peninsula Daily, Jul 15»
8
40 townhomes proposed behind Woodcliff Lake shopping center
... seeking to construct 40 two-and-a-half story townhomes with four units in 10 buildings secured by a guardhouse on the site, which is located ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
9
$4 million gifted to Fort Worden PDA
The original U.S. Army quartermaster building, built circa 1905, Building 305 is located behind the Guardhouse and across from Building 204. «Port Townsend Leader, Jul 15»
10
Queen's Guard king hits tourist in video of monarchical mockery
Nowhere in particular, and certainly not near a guardhouse. And while the punch was solid enough, the rest of the production was shoddy at ... «9news.com.au, Jul 15»

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