blockhouse

About 0.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
2. noun A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
3. noun A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper storey.

Similar words

bunker jail prison bunkers tower bastion stronghold strongpoint redoubt tower house guardhouse

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Word family

blockhouses