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A house, often small, beside a canal or river lock, usually occupied by the lockkeeper (locktender) in centuries past, and in some places still so occupied today..
Use lockhouse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lockhouse means A house, often small, beside a canal or river lock, usually occupied by the lockkeeper (locktender) in centuries past, and in some places still so occupied today..
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Use lockhouse where its definition matches the intended context.
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