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scouthouse

Syllables: scout·house/ˈskaʊthaʊs/

scouthouse noun: a building where members of the Scout Movement hold their meetings.

scouthouse: a building where members of the Scout Movement hold their meetings
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Noun

scouthouse (plural scouthouses)

  1. (US, scouting) A building where members of the Scout Movement hold their meetings.
    • In the summer of 1920 a second troop was started, and opened with a Scouthouse at Laie, windward Oahu, for the children of those missionaries living together in this happy settlement which radiates the true spirit of hospitality and kindness.1935 October, “Explorers and Scouts: Scouting in the Oahu Stake”, in Heber J[eddy] Grant, John A[ndreas] Widtsoe, editors, The Improvement Era, volume 38, number 10, Salt Lake City, Ut.: Young Men’s...
    • A new rectory, a youth center and a scouthouse were constructed […]1980, Frank A. Driskill, Noel Grisham, Historic Churches of Texas: The Land and the People, Burnet, Tex.: Eakin Press, →ISBN, page 211

Examples of scouthouse in a sentence

  • But it was only the reflection of the streetlamps shining on the scouthouse windows, and they did not even stop to investigate.1982, Staffrider, volume 5, Braamfontein, Johannesburg: Ravan Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 83, column 1:
  • I've only been an out of town visitor at the Mon night scouthouse dances a few times, but I've never found it uninviting.1994 April 12, Phil Katz, “Tempo”, in rec.folk-dancing (Usenet), message-ID <2od0eh$ol6@news.u.washington.edu>:

Forms of scouthouse

pluralscouthouses

Origin of scouthouse

From scout + house.

Questions about scouthouse

What does scouthouse mean?
Scouthouse means a building where members of the Scout Movement hold their meetings.
How do you use scouthouse in a sentence?
But it was only the reflection of the streetlamps shining on the scouthouse windows, and they did not even stop to investigate.
What part of speech is scouthouse?
Scouthouse is a noun.
How do you pronounce scouthouse?
Scouthouse is pronounced /ˈskaʊthaʊs/ (UK).
What is the plural of scouthouse?
The plural of scouthouse is scouthouses.

Words near scouthouse in the dictionary

  1. scouter
  2. scouters
  3. scoutess
  4. Scoutesses
  5. scouthood
  6. scouthouse
  7. scouthouses
  8. scoutin'
  9. scouting
  10. scouting out
  11. scoutingly

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