Definition & Meaning of "courthouse"in English

Courthouse

a building containing judicial courts, offices of judges, etc.

Dialect

American

Grammatical Information

Animacy status

Inanimate

Composition

Compound

Countable

singular

not gender specific

Plural form

courthouses

Examples

The trial was held at the county courthouse downtown.

a government building that contains the administrative offices of a county

Examples

Residents went to the courthouse to file property deeds.

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courthouse

court

house

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