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Get to know Blockhouse better with 9 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like stronghold or fastness.

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Blockhouse meaning

  1. A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
  2. A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch.
  3. A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper storey.

Synonyms of Blockhouse

stronghold fastness

Related words

Other words often associated with Blockhouse or its synonyms:

defense defence speed fixity looseness pace secureness swiftness fixture rate

Using Blockhouse

  • The main meaning on this page is: A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports. | A reinforced building from which to control hazardous operations, such as an explosion or a rocket launch. | A temporary wooden fortification with a projecting upper storey.
  • Useful related words include: stronghold, fastness.
  • In the example corpus, blockhouse often appears in combinations such as: the blockhouse.

Context around Blockhouse

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 21.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 6 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

ramp 1× surviving 1× four 1× log 1×

Often after:

parking 1× picnic 1× fortifications 1× cost 1× located 1×

Sentence patterns with Blockhouse

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a surviving blockhouse in south 1× and the blockhouse picnic area 1× at the blockhouse parking lot 1× boat ramp blockhouse 1 behind 1× church and blockhouse which are 1× each blockhouse cost between 1× obliterated a blockhouse and other 1× settlers log blockhouse located below 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a surviving blockhouse 1× barnouin and yu 1× bring plenty of 1× city officials and 1× each blockhouse cost 1× lake allatoona sites 1×

Common sentence endings:

a creeping barrage 1× blockhouse parking lot 1× blockhouse picnic area 1× bridge fishing area 1× difficult to restore 1× in south africa 1×

Words around Blockhouse

Just before it in the word index:

blockheads 9 blockhead 5 blockfront 2 blockfi 3 blockers 198 blocker 222

Just after it in the word index:

blockhouses 9 blockier 2 blocking 1.561 blocklancer 2 blockleiter 2 blockley 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Blockhouse

  • In this selection, "blockhouse" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, ramp, surviving, four, parking, picnic and fortifications stand out and add context to how "blockhouse" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a surviving blockhouse in south and and the blockhouse picnic area. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "blockhouse" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with blockhouse

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

A surviving blockhouse in South Africa. (6 words)

Each blockhouse cost between £800 to £1,000 and took about three months to build. (15 words)

Bring plenty of water, a camera and a flashlight and meet at the Blockhouse parking lot. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Lake Allatoona sites: Victoria Day Use Area, Galt’s Day Use Area, Sweetwater Campground overflow parking area, Payne Boat Ramp, Blockhouse 1 behind Paw Paw’s Convenience Store and Bethany Bridge Fishing area. (33 words)

City officials and the Prince Albert Historical Society made the decision after deciding the Nisbet Church and Blockhouse, which are located at Kinsmen Park, are a hazard and will be difficult to restore. (33 words)

Barnouin and Yu 58 After passing through three of the four blockhouse fortifications needed to escape Chiang's encirclement, the Red Army was finally intercepted by regular Nationalist troops, and suffered heavy casualties. (33 words)

Example sentences (9)

Lake Allatoona sites: Victoria Day Use Area, Galt’s Day Use Area, Sweetwater Campground overflow parking area, Payne Boat Ramp, Blockhouse 1 behind Paw Paw’s Convenience Store and Bethany Bridge Fishing area.

Bring plenty of water, a camera and a flashlight and meet at the Blockhouse parking lot.

City officials and the Prince Albert Historical Society made the decision after deciding the Nisbet Church and Blockhouse, which are located at Kinsmen Park, are a hazard and will be difficult to restore.

This year, flooding was contained to area such as Riverside Park and the Blockhouse picnic area.

A surviving blockhouse in South Africa.

Barnouin and Yu 58 After passing through three of the four blockhouse fortifications needed to escape Chiang's encirclement, the Red Army was finally intercepted by regular Nationalist troops, and suffered heavy casualties.

Each blockhouse cost between £800 to £1,000 and took about three months to build.

Next day, she obliterated a blockhouse and other shore installations and supported advancing troops with a creeping barrage.

The first settlement at Wicaco, a Swedish settlers' log blockhouse located below Society Hill, was built in present-day Philadelphia in 1669.

Common combinations with blockhouse

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "blockhouse" in a sentence?
An example: "Lake Allatoona sites: Victoria Day Use Area, Galt’s Day Use Area, Sweetwater Campground overflow parking area, Payne Boat Ramp, Blockhouse 1 behind Paw Paw’s Convenience Store and Bethany Bridge Fishing area." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "blockhouse" from authentic English texts.
What does "blockhouse" mean?
Blockhouse means: A sturdy military fortification, often of concrete, with gunports.
What are synonyms of "blockhouse"?
Common synonyms of "blockhouse" include: stronghold, fastness.
How many example sentences with "blockhouse" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "blockhouse", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.