custom house
custom house noun: an official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit.
Noun
custom house (plural custom houses)
Proper noun capitalized: Custom House
Custom House
- A suburban area in the borough of Newham, Greater London, England, named after the custom house at Royal Victoria Dock (OS grid ref TQ4181).
custom house meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
custom house in Hindi
- official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
- कस्टम्स kasṭams, कस्टम-हाउस kasṭam-hāus
custom house in Tamil
- சுங்கச் சாவடி, சுங்கவரி நிலையம்
custom house in Urdu
- official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
- کَسْٹَم ہاؤُس kasṭam hāus, گُمْرُک خانَہ gumruk xāna, گُمْرُک gumruk
custom house in Bengali
- official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
- কাস্টম হাউস kasṭom haus
More languagesFewer languages
- custom house in Gujarati
- ફુરજો phurjo
- custom house in Pashto
- ګمرک gomrək, ګمرک ځای gomrək źāy
- custom house in Arabic
- جُمْرُك jumruk, مَصْلَحَةُ الْجَمَارِك maṣlaḥatu l-jamārik, مَكْتَب جُمْرُكِيّ maktab jumrukiyy
- custom house in Malay
- kastam, bea, duane
- custom house in Indonesian
- kantor pabean
- custom house in Thai
- ด่านศุลกากร dàan sǔn-lá-gaa-gɔɔn, ด่าน dàan
- custom house in Vietnamese
- hải quan, thuế quan
- custom house in Myanmar
- အကောက်ဆိပ် a.kaukhcip
Synonyms of custom house
Forms of custom house
| plural | custom houses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | customhouse |
| alternative form | customshouse |
| alternative form | customs house |
Questions about custom house
- What does custom house mean?
- Custom house means an official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit.
- What is custom house in Hindi?
- Custom house in Hindi is कस्टम्स (kasṭams), कस्टम-हाउस (kasṭam-hāus). See Custom house meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is custom house?
- Custom house can be a noun or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of custom house?
- The plural of custom house is custom houses.
Words near custom house in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: custom house (page history and authors); Custom House (page history and authors); custom house (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ફુરજો (Gujarati) (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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