gatehouse

About 0.34 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A lodge besides the entrance to an estate; often the residence of a gatekeeper; also a dwelling formerly used as such a residence.
2. noun A fortified room over the entrance to a castle or over the gate in a city wall
3. noun A shelter for a gatekeeper.
4. noun An airport terminal structure or section containing a boarding gate; a departure lounge.

Similar words

towered gate house guardhouse gate guesthouse lodge-house lodgehouse lodge house guest house back gate

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Word family

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