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gatehouse
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun gatehouse has 1 sense
- gatehouse(n = noun.artifact) - a house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence; is a kind of house
has particulars: lodge
OXFORD DICTIONARY
gatehouse, n.
1 a house standing by a gateway, esp. to a large house or park.
2 hist. a room over a city gate, often used as a prison.
1 a house standing by a gateway, esp. to a large house or park.
2 hist. a room over a city gate, often used as a prison.
THESAURUS
gatehouse
Nissen hut, Quonset hut, booth, crib, hut, hutch, kiosk, lean-to, outbuilding, outhouse, pavilion, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, stall, tollbooth, tollhouse
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