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COURTHOUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
Sense 2
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)
