Doghouse

Quick meaning: Doghouse is a noun meaning Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.

Meaning

Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.

More Meanings

1. A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.
2. Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.
3. (nautical) A difficult or demoralizing situation.
4. A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.
5. (informal) Any shabby or disreputable establishment.
6. The condition of being in the doghouse (subject to someone's anger or disapproval).

Example Sentences

He's out of the doghouse now that he's bought his wife some flowers.

A rotary rig could have drilled that much in a day. Oscar had been here a month. He kept a careful log on the doghouse wall […]

The yacht is well equipped and has accommodations for six people. A teak doghouse over the forward part of the cockpit affords […]

"But, honey, whar yo' ole man gwine ter sleep?" "Dey's straw in de barn, en pine shatters in de doghouse!" she shouted, slamming the window.

Word Forms

• doghouses

Synonyms for doghouse

Depending on context, synonyms include kennel.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kennel, crate, niche, hole, breeder, recess.

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