guardhouse

noun

Definition of guardhousenext
as in ward

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Recent Examples of guardhouse There's also a 5,000-square-foot guesthouse, a caretaker house and a guardhouse offered on the property. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026 There’s also a 5,000-square-foot guest penthouse, a two-bedroom guardhouse, and a caretaker property on the estate. — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 27 Jan. 2026 The former homes of Navy officers and a former guardhouse stretching across seven acres along Rosecrans Street will be revamped into an event space, extensive gardens and four restaurant and bar projects. — Point Loma-Ob Monthly, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2026 The former guardhouse is expected to be turned into a standalone vintage cocktail lounge. — Kate Murphy, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024 See All Example Sentences for guardhouse
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guardhouse
  1. ward
  2. glasshouse
  3. stalag
  4. gulag
  5. cage
  6. tank
  7. prison camp
  8. labor camp
Noun
  • The bankruptcy filing comes just days after Roseland closed its maternity ward.
    — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2026
  • Several aldermen raised concerns about recent service downgrades shifting advanced units in their wards to more basic services.
    — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Nov. 2026
Definition of ward
Noun
  • But the almost cab-forward glasshouse perhaps calls to mind the Lotus Etna concept, with some Ferrari F90 (a one-off for the Sultan of Brunei) here and there, too.
    — Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 26 May 2026
  • To the left is a relaxed deck for post-dip chilling; to the right is the beautifully restrained restaurant, partly enclosed in a glasshouse with an undulating canopy roof.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
Definition of glasshouse
Noun
  • German shepherds seemed to patrol every yard, as if guarding some suburban stalag.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026
  • To keep captive spirits up in the stalag, the prisoners staged makeshift plays.
    — ROBERT D. McFADDEN, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2017
Definition of stalag
Noun
  • Khalil does not want to be shot at, or sought by the secret police, or detained in some for-profit gulag.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Witherspoon’s Bradley Jackson ends up in a gulag in Belarus and Alex Levy, played by Aniston was pushed out of the company by Marion Cotillard’s Celine Dumont.
    — Peter White, Deadline, 23 July 2026
Definition of gulag
Noun
  • The crew booked the DJ MCMLXXXV to play a tattoo artist, put in a cage for dancers, and invited Amanda Lepore, who shows up in the film with a whip and a sub.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 5 Nov. 2026
  • The cage-free adoption and medical facility was designed to maximize socialization and lessen any stress on the animals by eliminating confinement.
    — Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of cage
Noun
  • The van can then drive hundreds of additional miles until emptying the gas tank.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The stage will use a lightweight composite fuel tank, but officials were not sure the structure could contain leak-prone hydrogen at high pressure.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of tank
Noun
  • Holmes is serving an 11-year sentence for defrauding Theranos investors at a federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas, roughly a two-hour drive from Austin.
    — Bilin Lin, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
  • His attorney requested that he be incarcerated at FPC Yankton, a minimum-security federal prison camp in South Dakota.
    — Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of prison camp
Noun
  • The Nazis conscripted her father and forced him to work at a labor camp.
    — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Mary Nelson, founder of Mary Nelson Youth Center, grew up in the migrant labor camps of central New York, caring for her younger siblings at only eight years old while her family worked the fields.
    — Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Definition of labor camp

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“Guardhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guardhouse. Accessed 12 Nov. 2026.

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