Meaning

7 senses
  1. Any small house or structure or enclosure used to house a dog.

  2. A structure of small size, similar to a doghouse, but offering useful shelter for a human.

    p. 1927, United States Code Annotated […] so as to render railroad liable for death of brakeman falling from tender, notwithstanding construction of doghouse on top of tender for brakeman's use.

    хиба́ркаxibárka, лачу́гаlačúga, хи́жинаxížina

  3. Mechanically, an equipment cover with an opening, with a shape resembling a doghouse.

  4. A difficult or demoralizing situation.

  5. A traffic signal with five sections: two on the bottom, two in the middle, and one on top.

  6. (informal)Any shabby or disreputable establishment.

  7. The condition of being in the doghouse (subject to someone's anger or disapproval).

    He's out of the doghouse now that he's bought his wife some flowers.

More definitions
  • an idiomatic term for being in disfavor
  • outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog

Examples

73 sentences
  1. I made this doghouse by myself.

    Я зробив цю будку сам. — deniko

    ruЯ сделал эту собачью будку сам. — Selena777

    deIch habe diese Hundehütte selbst gezimmert. — Sudajaengi

  2. I built this doghouse by myself.

    Я сам збудував цю будку. — deniko

    ruЯ построил эту собачью конуру сам. — Balamax

    deIch habe diese Hundehütte selbst gebaut. — al_ex_an_der

  3. This is the doghouse Tom built.

    Це будка, яку побудував Том. — deniko

    deDas ist die Hundehütte, die Tom gebaut hat. — mayabe

  4. This is the doghouse that Tom built.

    Це будка, яку побудував Том. — deniko

  5. I was the one who built this doghouse.

    Саме я зробив цю будку. — deniko

    ruЭто я построил эту будку. — marafon

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
small shelter for humans:

Origin

Compound of dog + house.

Compound of dog + house.

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Forms

plural: doghouses
Singulardoghouse
Pluraldoghouses

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • build a doghouse
  • built this doghouse
  • a doghouse for

See also

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