[T]he gentlemen in the coffee room insisted upon the watch being called, or a constable. With considerable difficulty the two heroes were carried off to the round-house, and there lodged for the night.
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Roundhouse
//ˈɹaʊndˌhaʊs//
Synonyms for "roundhouse" (25 found)
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Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (8)
Related words (12)
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Translations
17 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- депо noun (a circular building in which locomotives are housed)
Cherokee
1 entries- ᎦᏐᏆᎳ ᎦᎵᏦᏕ noun (A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe)
Czech
1 entries- rotunda noun (a circular building in which locomotives are housed)
Danish
1 entries- rundhus noun (A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe)
Finnish
1 entries- veturitalli noun (a circular building in which locomotives are housed)
Galician
1 entries- casa circular noun (A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe)
German
1 entries- Rundhaus noun (A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe)
Irish
2 entries- teach cruinn noun (A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe)
- teach lár deice noun (a circular building in which locomotives are housed)
Japanese
1 entries- 円形機関車庫 noun (a circular building in which locomotives are housed)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- rundhus noun (A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe)
Polish
2 entries- okrągły dom noun (A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe)
- parowozownia noun (a circular building in which locomotives are housed)
Russian
2 entries- ве́ерное депо́ noun (a circular building in which locomotives are housed)
- круглый дом noun (A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- taigh-cruinn noun (A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe)
Welsh
1 entries- cwt crwn noun (A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
All the time six or eight large Chinese gongs were being beaten by the vigorous arms of as many young men, producing such a deafening discord that I was glad to escape to the round house, where I slept very comfortably with half a dozen smoke-dried human skulls suspended over my head.
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A central stone slab cist containing the burial was surrounded by a circles of stones placed on edge, probably to represent the round house in which the deceased had lived.
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Crewe North Motive Power Depot is to be modernised completely. This includes the provision of a new coaling plant, ash handling plant, and two new locomotive sheds of the latest roundhouse type, each with 32 roads radiating from a 70-ft. dia. turntable.
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