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guardhouse

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • General-American: /ˈɡɑɹdˌhaʊs/

1

name

Meaning 1

A hamlet near Threlkeld, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3325).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Synonym of military prison.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: military prison

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: headquarters, HQ, military headquarters

History

Etymology

From guard + house.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: караулно помещение (karaulno pomeštenie) — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Bulgarian: будка (budka) — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Danish: vagthus — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Esperanto: gardistejo — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Finnish: vartiotupa — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Macedonian: стража́рница (stražárnica) — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Polish: strażnica — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Polish: wartownia — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Polish: kordegarda — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Swedish: vakthus — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Turkish: bekçi evi — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Turkish: bekçi kabini — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Turkish: bekçi kulübesi — A building housing on-duty guards
  • Ottoman Turkish: نوبتخانه (nevbethâne, nöbethâne) — A building housing on-duty guards