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field house

noun

1
: a building at an athletic field for housing equipment or providing dressing facilities
2
: a building enclosing a large area suitable for various forms of athletics and usually providing seats for spectators

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The company has donated $500,000 towards the second part of the project, which will include a multi-use field house with locker rooms, training space, and classrooms for STEM and afterschool programs. Mike Darnay, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025 John Beam, the current athletic director at Laney College in Oakland, died early Nov. 14, a day after being shot at the campus field house, Oakland Police Chief Floyd Mitchell announced at a news conference hours after an arrest was made in connection with the shooting. Terry Collins, USA Today, 14 Nov. 2025 The construction includes the work that has begun right next to the Panthers’ practice fields, where a state-of-the-art field house will be built. Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025 In Milwaukee, specifically, unauthorized drone use is prohibited on Milwaukee Public Schools property, including all school buildings, field houses, playfields, stadiums, playgrounds, parking lots and district facilities ― unless prior authorization has been obtained. Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for field house

Word History

First Known Use

1892, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of field house was in 1892

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“Field house.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/field%20house. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.

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