CUSTOMHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does customhouse mean? 

• CUSTOMHOUSE (noun)
  The noun CUSTOMHOUSE has 1 sense:

1. a government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country

  Familiarity information: CUSTOMHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CUSTOMHOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

customhouse; customshouse

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

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