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Definitions for guardhouse
ˈgɑrdˌhaʊs; -ˌhaʊ zɪzguard·house

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. guardhousenoun

    a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained

Wiktionary

  1. guardhousenoun

    The building housing military police

  2. guardhousenoun

    A small security station, often at the entrance to a facility or a city.

  3. guardhousenoun

    A military prison

Wikipedia

  1. Guardhouse

    A guardhouse (also known as a watch house, guard building, guard booth, guard shack, security booth, security building, or sentry building) is a building used to house personnel and security equipment. Guardhouses have historically been dormitories for sentries or guards, and places where sentries not posted to sentry posts wait "on call", but are more recently staffed by a contracted security company. Some guardhouses also function as jails.

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  1. guardhouse

    A guardhouse is a building or structure typically located at entrances of facilities, institutions, or residences, used by security personnel or guards as a station to monitor, secure, and manage access to the property. It could also serve as a place to detain people temporarily for security reasons.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Guardhousenoun

    a building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up

Wikidata

  1. Guardhouse

    A guardhouse is a building used to house personnel and security equipment. Guardhouses have historically been dormitories for sentries or guards, and places where sentries not posted to sentry posts wait "on call", but are more recently manned by a contracted security company. Some guardhouses also function as jails.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of guardhouse in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of guardhouse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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