How do you use Headhouse in a sentence? See 2 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Headhouse in a sentence
Headhouse meaning
- The portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.
- The overground portion of a subway station.
- A structure built at the top of a ventilation shaft or mineshaft.
Using Headhouse
- The main meaning on this page is: The portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc. | The overground portion of a subway station. | A structure built at the top of a ventilation shaft or mineshaft.
- In the example corpus, headhouse often appears in combinations such as: the headhouse.
Context around Headhouse
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Headhouse
- In this selection, "headhouse" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 29.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, farmers and seen stand out and add context to how "headhouse" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the headhouse farmers market and below the headhouse seen here. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "headhouse" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with headhouse
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Built in 1836, this renovated five-story Georgian townhouse is close to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, top restaurants, and the Headhouse Farmers Market. (25 words)
Flushed: The feds shot down the city's proposal to build a giant, underground tunnel along the Gowanus Canal instead of installing two massive water storage tanks, including one below the headhouse, seen here. (34 words)
Flushed: The feds shot down the city's proposal to build a giant, underground tunnel along the Gowanus Canal instead of installing two massive water storage tanks, including one below the headhouse, seen here. (34 words)
Built in 1836, this renovated five-story Georgian townhouse is close to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, top restaurants, and the Headhouse Farmers Market. (25 words)
Example sentences (2)
Built in 1836, this renovated five-story Georgian townhouse is close to Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, top restaurants, and the Headhouse Farmers Market.
Flushed: The feds shot down the city's proposal to build a giant, underground tunnel along the Gowanus Canal instead of installing two massive water storage tanks, including one below the headhouse, seen here.
Common combinations with headhouse
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: