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key club

noun

Definition of key clubnext
as in country club

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  1. country club
  2. service club
  3. clubhouse
Noun
  • Firefighters were still pouring water on the Lochmoor Club in Grosse Pointe Woods and the smell of the burning was still in the air the morning after a fire tore through the historic country club and golf course.
    — Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • The fire comes more than four years after another Metro Detroit country club, Oakland Hills Country Club, was engulfed in flames.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of country club
Noun
  • Optimist International is one of the world’s largest service club organizations with over 40,000 adult and youth members in over 1,600 clubs in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Mexico, Africa, Europe, Asia, and throughout the world.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 May 2026
  • The Rotary took the helm as the parade’s organizer in 2021, with proceeds raised through entry fees and sponsorships distributed to charities supported by the nonprofit service club.
    — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
Definition of service club
Noun
  • Early in the afternoon on August 7th, Barisone saw a minivan pull up outside the clubhouse.
    — Ian Parker, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Devers apologized to Vitello on the team flight back to San Francisco, and the manager went out of his way to minimize the clubhouse damage, calling the three-time All-Star a model teammate and leader.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of clubhouse
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“Key club.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/key%20club. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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