Doghouse

Definition: Doghouse

Doghouse

Noun

1. Outbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog.

2. An idiomatic term for being in disfavor; "in the doghouse".

Domain	Definition
Aerospace	Slang for a protuberance or blister that houses an instrument or instruments on an otherwise smooth skin of a rocket. (references)
Industry	A small extension of a glass tank furnace into which the batch is fed. Source: European Union. (references)
Metallurgy	The small arched chamber in the end wall through which is inserted a metal fuel burner. Source: European Union. (references)
Mining	A. The structure enclosing the drill platform and machine b. A small shelter in which members of a drill crew change clothing. CF:changehouse c. See:forechamberd. Any enclosure or small chamber in a mine used for storage or resting. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Doghouse

Synonyms: dog house (n), kennel (n). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Abode	Cage, terrarium, doghouse; pen, aviary; barn, stall; zoo.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	What I want out of each and every one of you is a hard target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse, and doghouse in that area. (The Fugitive; writing credit: Jeb Stuart, David Twohy) Is it fair that Pluto has to wear a leash and sleep in a doghouse while Goofy, who is also a dog, gets to drive around in a car and play golf with Mickey? (Even Stevens; writing credit: Sarah Jane Cunningham)
Lyrics	And I soon grew up to realise what living in the doghouse means (Legend In My Living Room; performing artist: Len)
Movie/TV Titles	In the Doghouse (1961) Lady Fellatio in the Doghouse (2002)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	You Can't Get Pizza Delivered to a Doghouse (Animal Series) (reference) A Boy in the Doghouse (reference) Building a Doghouse (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, A-269) (reference) Doghouse (reference) Doghouse Roses: Stories (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Davey and Goliath - Doghouse Dreamhouse (reference) In the Doghouse (reference) Maison Ikkoku - Welcome to the Doghouse (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	In a Doghouse (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Doghouse" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Doghouse" is used about 17 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	17	85,106

Expressions using "doghouse": be in the doghouse ♦ be in the doghouse with smb. ♦ in the doghouse. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "doghouse"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		stelë qeni, kasolle qeni (dog-hole). (various references)

Arabic		‏وجار الكلب (kennel), ‏حفرة الكلب, ‏بيت الكلب. (various references)

Bulgarian		кучешка колиба (kennel). (various references)

Czech		psí bouda (kennel). (various references)

Danish		dog-house (dog-house, filling pocket). (various references)

Dutch		laadkot (dog-house, filling pocket), inleghuis (dog-house, filling pocket), hondehok (dog-kennel, kennel). (various references)

Farsi		لانه سگ , سگ دانی . (various references)

Finnish		dog-house (dog-house, filling pocket), täyttötasku (dog-house, filling pocket). (various references)

French		niche � chien (dog house). (various references)

German		Einlegevorbau (dog-house, filling pocket). (various references)

Greek		σπίτι για σκύλο (dog house), προεξοχή τοφοδοσίας (dog-house, filling pocket), τρώγλη (burrow, den, dog house, hole, joint). (various references)

Hebrew		מלו� �" (kennel), מאורת כלבים (kennel). (various references)

Hungarian		kutyaól (dog-kennel, kennel). (various references)

Italian		canile (kennel), avanforno di caricamento della miscela (dog-house, filling pocket). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		犬舎 (kennel). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		け�"しゃ (kennel, motor vehicle inspection, sightseer). (various references)

Pig Latin		oghouseday

Portuguese		dog-house (dog-house, filling pocket), nicho de enforna (dog-house, filling pocket), câmara de enforna (dog-house, filling pocket). (various references)

Russian		собачья конура (doghole, kennel). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		nemilost (disfavor, disfavour, disgrace, wantonness). (various references)

Spanish		perrera (kennel, Pinfold, pound), fuente (basin, bowl, chalybeate, deodorant, dish, font, fount, fountain, headpiece, pelvis, platter, pool, quarter, source, spring, Springhead, well, wellspring), casita del perro, boca de carga (dog-house, filling pocket). (various references)

Swedish		dog-house (dog-house, filling pocket), inläggsutbyggnad (dog-house, filling pocket), hundkoja (doghole, kennel). (various references)

Thai		บ้านสุนัข (kennel). (various references)

Turkish		köpek kulübesi (kennel). (various references)

Ukrainian		конура (kennel). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Dutch	700-Modern	hok. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "doghouse": doghouses. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Doghouse" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: degouse, Dehousse, Dogrose, Torhouse. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "doghouse" (pronounced dô"ghou's)
3	-h ou' s	alehouse, boardinghouse, boathouse, clearinghouse, clubhouse, coffeehouse, courthouse, dollhouse, farmhouse, firehouse, greenhouse, guesthouse, henhouse, hothouse, jailhouse, lighthouse, longhouse, madhouse, outhouse, packinghouse, penthouse, Playhouse, poorhouse, powerhouse, roadhouse, roundhouse, schoolhouse, slaughterhouse, statehouse, steakhouse, storehouse, townhouse, warehouse, whorehouse.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-g-h-o-o-s-u"
	-1 letter: soughed.
	-2 letters: doughs, goosed, gushed, housed, shooed, sughed.
	-3 letters: doges, dough, douse, goods, goose, gudes, hoods, hosed, house, oohed, shoed, sough.
	-4 letters: does, doge, dogs, dose, dues, dugs, duos, edhs, egos, geds, gods, goes, good, goos, gosh, gude, gush, hods, hoed, hoes, hogs, hood, hose, hued, hues, huge, hugs, odes, ohed, oohs, ouds, sego.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-g-h-o-o-s-u"
	+1 letter: doghouses.
	+3 letters: hydrogenous, roughhoused.
	+5 letters: boardinghouse, thoroughbreds, undershooting.
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