Meaning

2 senses
  1. A public building housing courts of law.

    Gerichtsgebäude, Justizpalast, Justizgebäude

    зда́ние суда́zdánije sudá, судsud, дворе́ц правосу́дияdvoréc pravosúdija

    a building that houses judicial courts

  2. (US)The public building where most American counties have their county offices.

    a government building that houses the offices of a county government

Examples

22 sentences
  1. Tom was gunned down just outside the courthouse.

    deTom wurde unmittelbar vor dem Gerichtsgebäude niedergeschossen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. Tom got gunned down just outside the courthouse.

  3. A reporter asked Tom some questions as he left the courthouse.

  4. Tom is sitting on the steps in front of the courthouse.

  5. Tom knows his way around the courthouse.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
public building housing courts of law:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
public building housing courts of law:

Origin

From court + house.

From court + house.

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Forms

plural: courthouses
Singularcourthouse
Pluralcourthouses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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