COURTHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does courthouse mean? 

• COURTHOUSE (noun)
  The noun COURTHOUSE has 2 senses:

1. a government building that houses the offices of a county government

2. a building that houses judicial courts

  Familiarity information: COURTHOUSE used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COURTHOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A government building that houses the offices of a county government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("courthouse" is a kind of...):

government building (a building that houses a branch of government)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A building that houses judicial courts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("courthouse" is a kind of...):

house (a building in which something is sheltered or located)

Meronyms (parts of "courthouse"):

court; courtroom (a room in which a lawcourt sits)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)