guardhouse
/'gɑ:dhaus/ Cách viết khác : (guardroom) /'gɑ:drum/
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Definition
Noun: 1. A building used for the detention of military prisoners: A guardhouse is a secure building, typically on a military base, where personnel who are under arrest or awaiting trial or punishment are held. 2. A building serving as a headquarters or post for guards: A guardhouse can also refer to the building where military police or security personnel are stationed, often located at the entrance to a base or installation.
Usage and Examples
- As a military detention facility:
- The private was confined to the guardhouse for being absent without leave.
- The base's guardhouse has several cells for holding detainees.
- As a guard post or headquarters:
- All visitors must check in at the main guardhouse before entering the installation.
- The military police on duty reported to the guardhouse at the start of their shift.
Advanced Usage
- The term is almost exclusively used in a military or paramilitary context. A civilian jail or police station would not typically be called a guardhouse.
- It can be used metaphorically to imply strict confinement or discipline, though this is less common.
- His overprotective parents turned the house into a virtual guardhouse.
Variants and Related Words
- Guardroom (noun): A room, rather than a separate building, used for the same purposes as a guardhouse; often used interchangeably but may imply a smaller facility.
- Brig (noun): A naval term for a prison on a ship or at a naval base, similar in function to a guardhouse.
- Stockade (noun): A military prison, often an enclosed area or a more permanent facility than a guardhouse.
Synonyms
- Military prison
- Detention facility (military context)
- Guard post (when referring to the headquarters function)
- Lockup
Antonyms
- Freedom
- Liberty
Noun
- a military facility that serves as the headquarters for military police and in which military prisoners can be detained