GUARDHOUSE Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

guardhouse

noun

Definition of guardhouse

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

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Related Stories If staying up all night at the movies sounds crazy, then the Lincoln Square AMC was a psych ward.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026
When a rural hospital closes, there is no psychiatric ward down the street.

— Cole Hanson, STAT, 16 July 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

During that period, more than one million Kazakhs died in famine, while roughly two million people were imprisoned or deported to gulags on politically motivated charges.

— Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 May 2026
Stalin was also targeting Polish Catholics, and thousands of these prisoners also survived the gulag.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026

Definition of gulag

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Unlike traditional industrial robots that operate inside safety cages, Doosan’s cobots are designed to work safely alongside human workers using integrated force and torque sensors that detect collisions and limit contact forces.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
Those who lean bohemian may like a diaphanous nightie from Dôen or Chloé, paired with cage sandals and oversized shades.

— Christina Holevas, Vogue, 17 July 2026

Definition of cage

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As the trawler floated around Lake Jesup, the hose sucked in thousands of gallons of the murky beige-and-green water, and siphoned it into a holding tank.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Choose one in a playful color to brighten up a plain white tank or graphic tee.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 19 July 2026

Definition of tank

Noun

The dour Dostoyevsky probably didn’t mean this as a compliment to human nature; the line appears in a book, The House of the Dead, about life in a Siberian prison camp.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Unlike the public perception often created by movies and television, daily life at a federal prison camp revolves around work assignments, educational programming, treatment, and institutional responsibilities.

— Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026

Definition of prison camp

Noun

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
He was convicted and sentenced to 13 years in a labor camp.

— Nick Tabor, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of labor camp

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