"headhouse" meaning in English

See headhouse in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: headhouses [plural]
Etymology: From head + house. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|head|house}} head + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} headhouse (plural headhouses)
  1. The portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc. Translations (portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.): stacidomo (Esperanto), bâtiment des voyageurs [masculine] (French), Empfangsgebäude [neuter] (German), Empfangshalle [feminine] (German), Zugangsgebäude [neuter] (German), Stationsgebäude [neuter] (German), Aufnahmegebäude [neuter] (German), banowiszcze [neuter] (Kashubian), dworzec kolejowy [masculine] (Polish), zaguán [masculine] (Spanish), mezanine [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-headhouse-en-noun-KQiMOTRC Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 39 14 47 Disambiguation of 'portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.': 91 8 1
  2. The overground portion of a subway station.
    Sense id: en-headhouse-en-noun-g3culgZz Categories (other): Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 39 14 47
  3. A structure built at the top of a ventilation shaft or mineshaft.
    Sense id: en-headhouse-en-noun-N9Pohibw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Kashubian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 11 50 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 25 10 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 8 53 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 7 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 25 11 64 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 26 12 62 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 14 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Kashubian translations: 32 14 55 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 39 14 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 24 9 67
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: head house

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "head",
        "3": "house"
      },
      "expansion": "head + house",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From head + house.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "headhouses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "headhouse (plural headhouses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 14 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 8, William Neuman, “Planners Clash Over Transit Hub, and Riders Win”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Several members cast it as an either-or issue, pitting the form of the headhouse against the function of the passageway.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc."
      ],
      "id": "en-headhouse-en-noun-KQiMOTRC",
      "links": [
        [
          "passenger",
          "passenger"
        ],
        [
          "railway",
          "railway"
        ],
        [
          "terminal",
          "terminal"
        ],
        [
          "track",
          "track"
        ],
        [
          "platform",
          "platform"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
          "word": "stacidomo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bâtiment des voyageurs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Empfangsgebäude"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Empfangshalle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Zugangsgebäude"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Stationsgebäude"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Aufnahmegebäude"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1",
          "code": "csb",
          "lang": "Kashubian",
          "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "banowiszcze"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dworzec kolejowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zaguán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "91 8 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mezanine"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "39 14 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The overground portion of a subway station."
      ],
      "id": "en-headhouse-en-noun-g3culgZz",
      "links": [
        [
          "overground",
          "overground"
        ],
        [
          "subway",
          "subway"
        ],
        [
          "station",
          "station"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "38 11 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 10 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Entries with translation boxes",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 8 53",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 7 59",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "25 11 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Esperanto translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "26 12 62",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with French translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "23 14 63",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with German translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "32 14 55",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Kashubian translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "39 14 47",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Polish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "24 9 67",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, “Network News: Vent shaft design revealed”, in Rail, page 19:",
          "text": "HS2 Ltd has unveiled the final design for the Little Missenden ventilation shaft headhouse on the ten-mile-long Chilterns Tunnel. Its single-storey design is said to have been inspired by barns and historic agricultural buildings in the area. [...] The headhouse will sit above a ventilation shaft 17.4 metres in diameter and 30 metres deep.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A structure built at the top of a ventilation shaft or mineshaft."
      ],
      "id": "en-headhouse-en-noun-N9Pohibw",
      "links": [
        [
          "ventilation",
          "ventilation"
        ],
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "mineshaft",
          "mineshaft"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "head house"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "headhouse"
  ],
  "word": "headhouse"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Kashubian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "head",
        "3": "house"
      },
      "expansion": "head + house",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From head + house.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "headhouses",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "headhouse (plural headhouses)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007 January 8, William Neuman, “Planners Clash Over Transit Hub, and Riders Win”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "Several members cast it as an either-or issue, pitting the form of the headhouse against the function of the passageway.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "passenger",
          "passenger"
        ],
        [
          "railway",
          "railway"
        ],
        [
          "terminal",
          "terminal"
        ],
        [
          "track",
          "track"
        ],
        [
          "platform",
          "platform"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The overground portion of a subway station."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "overground",
          "overground"
        ],
        [
          "subway",
          "subway"
        ],
        [
          "station",
          "station"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2020 December 2, “Network News: Vent shaft design revealed”, in Rail, page 19:",
          "text": "HS2 Ltd has unveiled the final design for the Little Missenden ventilation shaft headhouse on the ten-mile-long Chilterns Tunnel. Its single-storey design is said to have been inspired by barns and historic agricultural buildings in the area. [...] The headhouse will sit above a ventilation shaft 17.4 metres in diameter and 30 metres deep.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A structure built at the top of a ventilation shaft or mineshaft."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ventilation",
          "ventilation"
        ],
        [
          "shaft",
          "shaft"
        ],
        [
          "mineshaft",
          "mineshaft"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "head house"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
      "word": "stacidomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bâtiment des voyageurs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Empfangsgebäude"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Empfangshalle"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Zugangsgebäude"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Stationsgebäude"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Aufnahmegebäude"
    },
    {
      "code": "csb",
      "lang": "Kashubian",
      "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "banowiszcze"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dworzec kolejowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zaguán"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "portion of a passenger railway terminal not housing the tracks and platforms, comprising ticket counters, baggage facilities, etc.",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mezanine"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "headhouse"
  ],
  "word": "headhouse"
}

Download raw JSONL data for headhouse meaning in English (4.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.