What does "guardhouse" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "guardhouse"?

Common synonyms include: barbican, bastille, bin, black hole, borstal, borstal institution.

Pronounced //ˈɡɑɹdˌhaʊs//.

//ˈɡɑɹdˌhaʊs// name, noun

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Noun

1
A station for guards, especially at the entrance of a town, castle, etc.
2
a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained wordnet
3
Synonym of military prison.

Proper Noun

1
A hamlet near Threlkeld, Eden district, Cumbria, England (OS grid ref NY3325).
"Two of the 143 structures sit on the old Penrith-Keswick line - one near Guardhouse and one near Gillsrow (between Troutbeck and Threlkeld)."

"Two of the 143 structures sit on the old Penrith-Keswick line - one near Guardhouse and one near Gillsrow (between Troutbeck and Threlkeld)."

From guard + house.

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