guardhouse
noun
guard·house
ˈgärd-ˌhau̇s 
1
: a building occupied by a guard or used as a headquarters by soldiers on guard duty
2
: a military jail
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Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Zoom in: The new businesses are planned to open in the hilltop Spanish colonial revival-style homes of naval officers and the former guardhouse.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
The movie studio backers built a forlorn guardhouse on 40 acres in South Windsor, but nothing else.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2024
Officials also plan to extend the airport’s buffer zone, currently being guarded by members of the Armed Forces in the makeshift guardhouses made from shipping containers.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
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Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Zoom in: The new businesses are planned to open in the hilltop Spanish colonial revival-style homes of naval officers and the former guardhouse.
—Kate Murphy, Axios, 18 Sep. 2024
The movie studio backers built a forlorn guardhouse on 40 acres in South Windsor, but nothing else.
—Kevin Rennie, Hartford Courant, 6 Apr. 2024
Officials also plan to extend the airport’s buffer zone, currently being guarded by members of the Armed Forces in the makeshift guardhouses made from shipping containers.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 17 May 2024
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guardhouse
noun
guard·house
ˈgärd-ˌhau̇s
1
: a building occupied by a guard or used as a headquarters by soldiers on guard duty
2
: a military jail
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