Definitions for roundhouse

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roundhouse round·house

Spelling: [round-hous]

IPA: /ˈraʊndˌhaʊs/

Roundhouse is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 409 anagrams from letters in roundhouse (dehnoorsuu).

Definitions for roundhouse

noun

1. a building for the servicing and repair of locomotives, built around a turntable in the form of some part of a circle.
2. Nautical. a cabin on the after part of a quarterdeck.
3. Slang. a punch in which the arm is typically brought straight out to the side or rear of the body and in which the fist describes an exaggerated circular motion.
4. Also called round trip. Pinochle. a meld of one king and queen of each suit.

Origin of roundhouse

First recorded in 1580-90; round¹ + house

Examples for roundhouse

It was patent that some one had sneaked into the roundhouse and had pasted the papers there.

“It will be a sort of vacation holiday for you, lad,” said the roundhouse foreman.

Leaving school, he secured a job in the roundhouse at Stanley Junction.

Ralph waited until they were on their way home from the roundhouse that evening.

They steamed out of the roundhouse and were soon at the head of their freight train.

In the end, the Iowa roundhouse may only delay the real train wreck to come.

Given free 175 access to the roundhouse, Archie had just about lived there.

“There must be a crisis soon,” he said, and went to the roundhouse door.

I had left the depot in a snow-storm; I reached the roundhouse in a blizzard.

You could set your watch by that tune as confidently as by the roundhouse whistle.