Several members cast it as an either-or issue, pitting the form of the headhouse against the function of the passageway.
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Headhouse
Synonyms for "headhouse"
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Translations
11 translations across 6 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- stacidomo noun (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.)
French
1 entries- bâtiment des voyageurs noun (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.)
German
4 entries- Aufnahmegebäude noun (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.)
- Empfangsgebäude noun (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.)
- Empfangshalle noun (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.)
- Stationsgebäude noun (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.)
Kashubian
1 entries- banowiszcze noun (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.)
Polish
1 entries- dworzec kolejowy noun (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.)
Spanish
2 entries- mezanine noun (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.)
- zaguán noun (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
HS2 Ltd has unveiled the final design for the Little Missenden ventilation shaft headhouse on the ten-mile-long Chilterns Tunnel. Its single-storey design is said to have been inspired by barns and historic agricultural buildings in the area. [...] The headhouse will sit above a ventilation shaft 17.4 metres in diameter and 30 metres deep.
Source: wiktionary
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