Roundhouse

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  • noun. A circular building for housing and switching locomotives.
  • noun. A cabin on the after part of the quarterdeck of a ship.
  • noun. A meld of four kings and four queens in pinochle.
  • noun. A punch or kick delivered with a sweeping movement from one side.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A lockup; a station-house; a watch-house.
  • noun. Nautical: A cabin or apartment on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof: formerly sometimes called the coach; also, the poop itself.
  • noun. An erection abaft the mainmast for the accommodation of the officers or crew of a vessel.
  • noun. On American railroads, a building, usually round and built of brick, having stalls for the storage of locomotives, with tracks leading from them to a central turn-table. In Great Britain called engine-house or engine-shed.
  • noun. A privy.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station house.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A cabin or apartament on the after part of the quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; -- sometimes called the coach.
  • noun. A privy near the bow of the vessel.
  • noun. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a turntable.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A circular building in which locomotives are housed.
  • noun. A punch or kick delivered with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
  • noun. An Iron Age dwelling.
  • noun. The uppermost room or cabin of any note upon the stern of a ship.
  • noun. In the game of pinochle, a meld consisting of a queen and king in each of the four suits.
  • noun. A constable's prison; a lockup or station house.
  • noun. A privy near the bow of the vessel.
  • verb. To punch or kick with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing locomotives
  • noun. a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
  • Word Usage
    "I turned, and saw for the first time that at the end of the quarter-deck stood what is called a roundhouse, a small cabin, from which the sounds in question proceeded."
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    hook  work  workplace  
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    coach