Definitions for doghouses

doghouses dog·house

Spelling: [dog-hous, dog-]
IPA: /ˈdɒgˌhaʊs, ˈdɒg-/

Doghouses is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in doghouses (deghoossu).

Definitions for doghouses

noun

  1. a small shelter for a dog.
  2. (on a yacht) a small cabin that presents a relatively high profile and gives the appearance of a box. Compare trunk cabin.
  3. Rocketry Slang. a bulge on the surface of a rocket or missile, for scientific instruments.

Idioms

  1. in the doghouse, Slang. in disfavor or disgrace.

Origin of doghouses

First recorded in 1605-15; dog + house

Examples for doghouses

Poor Pinocchio huddled close to the doghouse more dead than alive from cold, hunger, and fright.

When Ralph got to the roundhouse he found Fogg in the doghouse chatting with his friends.

My mother used to make men buy two pieces, one for the occasion and the one for when he would be in the doghouse.

As soon as the four Weasels had talked things over, they went straight to the chicken coop which stood close to the doghouse.

Maybe it was his house, although it was bigger than any doghouse she had ever seen before.

He stuck his nose out of the doghouse and saw four slender, hairy animals.

The man brought him home for me, and chained him up in an unused wood-shed, for I had no doghouse as yet.

After months in the doghouse, Mr. Banks is summoned to face what he firmly believes will be the coup de grâce.

Word Value for doghouses
Scrable

13

Words with friends

14

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