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charthouse

charthouse noun: the place on a (Royal Navy) ship in which the course is plotted manually on charts.

Noun

charthouse (plural charthouses)

  1. The place on a (Royal Navy) ship in which the course is plotted manually on charts.

Forms of charthouse

pluralcharthouses

Origin of charthouse

From chart + house. Piecewise doublet of cardhouse.

Questions about charthouse

What does charthouse mean?
Charthouse means the place on a (Royal Navy) ship in which the course is plotted manually on charts.
What part of speech is charthouse?
Charthouse is a noun.
What is the plural of charthouse?
The plural of charthouse is charthouses.

Words near charthouse in the dictionary

  1. charterparties
  2. charterparty
  3. charters
  4. Charters Towers
  5. Chartham
  6. charthouse
  7. charthouses
  8. Chartican
  9. charticle
  10. charticles
  11. Chartier

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