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blockhouses

blockhouses is the plural of blockhouse.

Meaning of blockhouse

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

Questions about blockhouses

What is blockhouses the plural of?
Blockhouses is the plural of blockhouse.

Words near blockhouses in the dictionary

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

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