roundhouse

noun

round·​house ˈrau̇nd-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce roundhouse (audio)
1
archaic : lockup
2
: a circular building for housing and repairing locomotives
3
: a blow delivered with a wide swing
roundhouse adjective

Examples of roundhouse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Other Iron Age buildings—a cluster of roundhouses and a pantry—have been found at the site, as well as a Roman villa containing the remains of a tiny pet dog. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 Those two weeks’ worth of shows begin April 28 in Dublin and wrap up May 14 with a gig at London’s roundhouse. Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Feb. 2024 Diane had to train for an action movie (The 355) after giving birth and needed to be able to do things like a roundhouse kick, jog up a crane, and hold all kinds of weapons. Korin Miller, Women's Health, 19 June 2023 The fire damaged cultural sites, including prehistoric roundhouses and bedrock mortars where acorn grinding took place, said Waylon Coats, vice chair and cultural resource manager of the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation, who worked as an archaeologist on the fire. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2023 The Red Sox came back with roundhouse punches as Justin Turner and Yoshida led off the eighth inning with home runs off Matt Bush. Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Apr. 2023 Davis ducked beneath them and countered with a thunderous roundhouse left that dropped Garcia. Morgan Campbell, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2023 State workers rallied against the state’s return-to-office order at the roundhouse in Santa Fe. Bygleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2023 Finds like the newly unearthed roundhouse could help illuminate the site’s poorly understood early history, as well as the broader transition from Roman Britain to Anglo-Saxon England, says Young in the statement. Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of roundhouse was in the 15th century

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“Roundhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roundhouse. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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roundhouse

noun
round·​house ˈrau̇nd-ˌhau̇s How to pronounce roundhouse (audio)
1
: a circular building where locomotives are kept or repaired
2
: a blow with the hand made with a wide swing

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