garrison house

noun

Definition of garrison housenext
as in blockhouse

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Recent Examples of garrison house It is estimated that PLA garrison houses around 6,000 soldiers. — Helen Regan, CNN, 7 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garrison house
  1. blockhouse
  2. bunker
  3. dugout
Noun
  • The kitchen had two notable features—a big cast-iron woodstove on which everything was cooked, and a dishwasher that stood up like a blockhouse, designed to receive trays two feet by two with wire-mesh bottoms and sides four inches high.
    — John McPhee, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Attempts by newsmen to get word from the Complex 34 blockhouse proved fruitless as pad personnel declined to supply information or page public information officials.
    — Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of blockhouse
Noun
  • But his hopes took a nasty turn on the par-five 15th when his tee shot caromed off the side of a bunker and settled next to the lip, leaving him no stance and no shot.
    — Doug Ferguson, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
  • Young drove into a fairway bunker on the final hole and failed to clear its steep face with his second shot.
    — Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 19 July 2026
Definition of bunker
Noun
  • But something inside him on Monday night told him to get back to the dugout.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 28 July 2026
  • After Saturday’s 3-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers, the entire Kansas City Royals dugout poured onto the field.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 July 2026
Definition of dugout

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