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head house

head house is the alternative spelling of headhouse.

Meaning of headhouse

Noun

headhouse (plural headhouses)

  1. The portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.
    • Several members cast it as an either-or issue, pitting the form of the headhouse against the function of the passageway.2007 January 8, William Neuman, “Planners Clash Over Transit Hub, and Riders Win”, in New York Times
  2. The overground portion of a subway station.
  3. A structure built at the top of a ventilation shaft or mineshaft.
    • HS2 Ltd has unveiled the final design for the Little Missenden ventilation shaft headhouse on the ten-mile-long Chilterns Tunnel. Its single-storey design is said to have been inspired by barns and historic agricultural buildings in the area. [...] The headhouse will sit above a ventilation shaft...2020 December 2, “Network News: Vent shaft design revealed”, in Rail, page 19

Forms of head house

pluralhead houses

Questions about head house

What is head house the alternative spelling of?
Head house is the alternative spelling of headhouse.

Words near head house in the dictionary

  1. head grooms
  2. head group
  3. head groups
  4. head honcho
  5. head honchos
  6. head house
  7. head houses
  8. head hunter
  9. head hunters
  10. head in the clouds
  11. head in the sand

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