Definition

1. Noun:
   • A building used by a social club: A structure that serves as the headquarters or main meeting place for a social, sports, or recreational club. It typically contains facilities for members.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The members gathered at the clubhouse for their weekly meeting.
  • After the golf match, they relaxed in the clubhouse.
  • The tennis clubhouse has locker rooms and a small café.

Advanced Usage

• "clubhouse atmosphere": Refers to the specific, often exclusive or communal, feeling or environment within a club's building.
  • The team's success created a positive clubhouse atmosphere.

Variants and Related Words

• Club (n): The organization itself, of which the clubhouse is the building.
  • He joined the sailing club last year.
• Clubroom (n): A room within a clubhouse or used by a club.
  • The debate was held in the main clubroom.

Synonyms

• Lodge: A building for the use of a society or group.
• Headquarters: The main administrative office of an organization.

Related Phrases

• "In the clubhouse": Literally meaning inside the clubhouse building; figuratively can mean having completed a round in golf (when a player's score is finalized).
  • With that final putt, his score was in the clubhouse at two under par.

Noun

1. a building that is occupied by a social club
   • the clubhouse needed a new roof