"scouthouse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈskaʊthaʊs/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: En-uk-scouthouse.oga [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: scouthouses [plural]
Etymology: From scout + house. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|scout|house}} scout + house Head templates: {{en-noun}} scouthouse (plural scouthouses)
  1. (scouting, US) A building where members of the Scout Movement hold their meetings. Tags: US Categories (topical): Buildings, Scouting Translations (building where members of the Scout Movement hold their meetings): harcówka [feminine] (Polish), izviđački dom [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian)

Inflected forms

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