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Synonyms for guardhouse

  • noun

Most common

guard station porter's lodge barbican military prison jail

All synonyms

Noun

1. Guard station — A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc

guard station, porter's lodge, barbican

Other

jail, military prison

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.

Forms

Plural
guardhouses → barbicans, jails…

Example sentences

  • jail It's been 10 days since my boyfriend went to jail.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
guardhouserising
barbicanrising
jailrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
jail1
8 letters
barbican