Roundhouse

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
roundhouse
    n 1: workplace consisting of a circular building for repairing
         locomotives
    2: a hook delivered with an exaggerated swing
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Roundhouse \Round"house`\, n.
   1. A constable's prison; a lockup, watch-house, or station
      house. [Obs.]
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Naut.)
      (a) A cabin or apartament on the after part of the
          quarter-deck, having the poop for its roof; --
          sometimes called the {coach}.
      (b) A privy near the bow of the vessel.
          [1913 Webster]

   3. A house for locomotive engines, built circularly around a
      turntable.
      [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
21 Moby Thesaurus words for "roundhouse":
      Long Melford, backhand, backhander, backstroke, boathouse,
      bolo punch, carbarn, carport, carriage house, fix-it shop, garage,
      hangar, haymaker, hook, one-two, repair shop, round-arm blow,
      short-arm blow, sidewinder, swing, uppercut
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