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customs house

customs house is the alternative form of custom house.

Meaning of custom house

Noun

custom house (plural custom houses)

  1. An official building, in a port, where customs are collected and shipping is cleared for entry and exit
    Synonyms:
    customs

See all 2 meanings of custom house

Forms of customs house

pluralcustoms houses

Questions about customs house

What is customs house the alternative form of?
Customs house is the alternative form of custom house.

Words near customs house in the dictionary

  1. customs and excise
  2. customs declaration
  3. customs declarations
  4. customs duties
  5. customs duty
  6. customs house
  7. customs houses
  8. customs officer
  9. customs officers
  10. customs post
  11. customs posts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: customs house (page history and authors); custom house (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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