Synonyms of the word gatehouse


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gatehouse

  • n. A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly…
  • n. (archaic) A fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall.
  • n. A shelter for a gatekeeper.

house

  • n. A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
  • n. The people who live in a house; a household.
  • n. A building used for something other than a residence (typically with qualifying word).
  • n. A place of business; a company or organisation, especially a printing press, a publishing company, or…
  • n. A place of public accommodation or entertainment, especially a public house, an inn, a restaurant, a theatre,…
  • n. The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
  • n. (politics) A building where a deliberative assembly meets; whence the assembly itself, particularly a…
  • n. A dynasty; a family with its ancestors and descendants, especially a royal or noble one.
  • n. (figuratively) a place of rest or repose.
  • n. A grouping of schoolchildren for the purposes of competition in sports and other activities.
  • n. An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.
  • n. (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of an astrological chart.
  • n. (chess, now rare) A square on a chessboard, regarded as the proper place of a piece.
  • n. (curling) The four concentric circles where points are scored on the ice.
  • n. Lotto; bingo.
  • n. (uncountable) A children's game in which the players pretend to be members of a household.
  • v. (transitive) To keep within a structure or container.
  • v. (transitive) To admit to residence; to harbor/harbour.
  • v. To take shelter or lodging; to abide; to lodge.
  • v. (transitive, astrology) To dwell within one of the twelve astrological houses.
  • v. (transitive) To contain or cover mechanical parts.
  • v. (obsolete) To drive to a shelter.
  • v. (obsolete) To deposit and cover, as in the grave.
  • v. (nautical) To stow in a safe place; to take down and make safe.
  • n. (music) House music.

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