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doghouse.

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

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

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

  2. A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.

  3. Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.

  4. A difficult or demoralizing situation.

  5. A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.

  6. Any shabby or disreputable establishment.

    informal
  7. The condition of being in the doghouse (subject to someone's anger or disapproval).

    He's out of the doghouse now that he's bought his wife some flowers.
Where this word comes from

Compound of dog + house.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.