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grubhouse

grubhouse noun: a separate building or tent in a camp or other complex set aside for preparing and/or eating food.

Noun (1)

grubhouse (plural grubhouses)

  1. A separate building or tent in a camp or other complex set aside for preparing and/or eating food.
  2. (slang) A restaurant.

Noun (2)

grubhouse (plural grubhouses)

  1. pithouse.

Synonyms of grubhouse

Forms of grubhouse

pluralgrubhouses

Origin of grubhouse

From grub (“food”) + house.

From German Grubenhaus.

Questions about grubhouse

What does grubhouse mean?
Grubhouse means a separate building or tent in a camp or other complex set aside for preparing and/or eating food.
What part of speech is grubhouse?
Grubhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of grubhouse?
The plural of grubhouse is grubhouses.

Words near grubhouse in the dictionary

  1. Gruber
  2. Grubers
  3. grubfish
  4. grubfishes
  5. grubhood
  6. grubhouse
  7. grubhouses
  8. Grubišno Polje
  9. grubless
  10. grublike
  11. grubling

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