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clubhouse

noun

club·​house ˈkləb-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce clubhouse (audio)
1
: a house occupied by a club or used for club activities
2
: locker rooms used by an athletic team
3
: a building at a golf course typically housing a locker room, pro shop, and restaurant

Examples of clubhouse in a Sentence

we plan to meet at the clubhouse each week
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Not a leader in the clubhouse, nothing like that. Andrew McCarty, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Nov. 2025 Scottsdale will be a 200,000-square-foot facility with 67 car condos and a 16,000-square-foot clubhouse with a coffee shop, meeting rooms and a full club upstairs with a bar, lounge, food and a rooftop patio. Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 23 Nov. 2025 Among them have been Downtown Manhattan power brokers, especially when digital media companies were on the rise in the late ‘00s and early ‘10s, their moguls making the restaurant their clubhouse. Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025 Kelleher Davis Contracting’s portfolio spans various projects that reflect both scale and specialization, encompassing post-litigation reconstruction and defect repairs, exterior painting, roofing, athletic court and clubhouse remodels, and entry signage. Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for clubhouse

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1680, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of clubhouse was circa 1680

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“Clubhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clubhouse. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

Kids Definition

clubhouse

noun
club·​house ˈkləb-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce clubhouse (audio)
1
: a meeting place (as a house) used by a club for club activities
2
: locker rooms used by an athletic team

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