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field houses

field houses is the plural of field house.

Meaning of field house

Noun

field house (plural field houses)

  1. (rare) A tent.
  2. (Canada, US) A large building for indoor sports, particularly at colleges.
    • There were herds of leather sofas and enough computers to ensure that no prospective matriculant or visiting parent could enter a room and not see at least one available keyboard, not even in the dining hall or field house.2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections
  3. (Canada, US) A building for equipment storage and changing rooms (locker rooms) by an outdoor sports field.

Questions about field houses

What is field houses the plural of?
Field houses is the plural of field house.

Words near field houses in the dictionary

  1. field horsetail
  2. field horsetails
  3. field hospital
  4. field hospitals
  5. field house
  6. field houses
  7. field ice
  8. field investigation
  9. field investigations
  10. field jacket
  11. field jackets

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