roundhouse
noun
round·house
ˈrau̇nd-ˌhau̇s 
1
archaic
: lockup
2
: a circular building for housing and repairing locomotives
3
: a blow delivered with a wide swing
roundhouse
adjective
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The National Park Service worked with the tribes to construct a roundhouse in the village where Indigenous people perform religious ceremonies that could also be used for public education.
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Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
Researchers are excavating the remains of a Bronze Age roundhouse hiding beneath a field in Cardiff, Wales.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
Researchers uncovered four wooden roundhouses and a square entranceway structure, which were supported by stilts above a river channel and enclosed by a curved fence.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
The roundhouses — one of which had almost 50 square meters (nearly 540 square feet) of floor space — had hearths and insulated straw and clay roofs.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
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Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 6 July 2024
Researchers are excavating the remains of a Bronze Age roundhouse hiding beneath a field in Cardiff, Wales.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2024
Researchers uncovered four wooden roundhouses and a square entranceway structure, which were supported by stilts above a river channel and enclosed by a curved fence.
—Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
The roundhouses — one of which had almost 50 square meters (nearly 540 square feet) of floor space — had hearths and insulated straw and clay roofs.
—Adela Suliman, Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024
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roundhouse
noun
round·house
ˈrau̇nd-ˌhau̇s
1
: a circular building where locomotives are kept or repaired
2
: a blow with the hand made with a wide swing
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