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blockhouse

blockhouse noun: a sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.

blockhouse: a sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
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Noun

blockhouse (plural blockhouses)

  1. A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
  2. A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
  3. (dated) A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper storey.
    • We had soon touched land in the same place as before and set to provision the blockhouse. All three made the first journey, heavily laden, and tossed our stores over the palisade.1881–1882, Robert Louis Stevenson, Treasure Island, London; Paris: Cassell & Company, published 14 November 1883, →OCLC

blockhouse meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese

blockhouse in Tamil

காப்பமைவு

blockhouse in Arabic

sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
حِصْن ḥiṣn

blockhouse in Vietnamese

sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports
lô cốt, pháo tháp, đồn canh

Forms of blockhouse

pluralblockhouses

Origin of blockhouse

From block + house. Calque of German Blockhaus.

Questions about blockhouse

What does blockhouse mean?
Blockhouse means a sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
What is blockhouse in Tamil?
Blockhouse in Tamil is காப்பமைவு. See Blockhouse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is blockhouse?
Blockhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of blockhouse?
The plural of blockhouse is blockhouses.

Words near blockhouse in the dictionary

  1. blockheads
  2. blockholder
  3. blockholders
  4. blockhole
  5. blockholes
  6. blockhouse
  7. blockhouses
  8. blockier
  9. blockiest
  10. blockily
  11. blockiness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blockhouse (page history and authors); blockhouse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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