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block·house
 blockhouse
- pronunciation:
- blak
haUs
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a fortified building with openings for cannons and rifles to fire through, formerly built of heavy wooden timbers.
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| definition 2: |
a house made of square-cut logs.
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| definition 3: |
a heavily built structure used to protect observers, military personnel, and the like during weapons and rocketry testing.
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| related words: |
cabin |
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