A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
Used in a Sentence
roundhouse
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for roundhouse.
Editorial note
When you lived in a roundhouse 3000 years ago with all your family in 1 room you didn't see anything sexual?
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Parts of speech2
Quick take
A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of roundhouse gathered in one view.
(rail transport) A circular building in which locomotives are housed, sometimes with a turntable.
(transitive) To punch or kick with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for roundhouse.
noun
A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
noun
(rail transport) A circular building in which locomotives are housed, sometimes with a turntable.
verb
(transitive) To punch or kick with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
noun
(archaeology) A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe in the Iron Age and Bronze Age.
Example sentences
When you lived in a roundhouse 3000 years ago with all your family in 1 room you didn't see anything sexual?
Even if she did a roundhouse kick knocking him down and teabagged him afterwards that would be no excuse for her treatment.
He hasn’t died, he’s just moved on to an eternity of roundhouse kicking Satan.
You decide if you prefer a solid jab-tip-roundhouse kick or multiple safe jabs.
I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took a roundhouse kick to the head.
Sleeps all the time and doesn't wake up unless I pull a Jean Claude Van Damme-style roundhouse on the door.
He was a black belt in TKD with the spinning roundhouse kick.
Let people have a moment of nostalgia for memories watching him roundhouse kick bad guys with their grandma, or dumb Chuck Norris memes on the playground.
I was lucky enough to catch him in 2011 at the Roundhouse in London.
The best he could do was a roundhouse kick.
And then Chuck Norris roundhouse-kicked him in the face.
Makes roundhouse kicking baddies in the face easier.
Quote examples
E.g., "As subtle as a roundhouse kick to the head."
"When Chuck Norris codes, AI develops self-awareness just to avoid being roundhouse kicked."
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use roundhouse in a sentence?
When you lived in a roundhouse 3000 years ago with all your family in 1 room you didn't see anything sexual?
What does roundhouse mean?
A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
What part of speech is roundhouse?
roundhouse is commonly used as noun, verb.