grubhouse

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noun

A separate building or tent in a camp or other complex set aside for preparing and/or eating food.

Similar
sunken featured buildingSFB
OriginGerman Grubenhaus →
Scrabble 15
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Meanings

grubhouse1

noungrubhouse (plural grubhouses)

plural grubhouses

  1. A separate building or tent in a camp or other complex set aside for preparing and/or eating food.
  2. slangA restaurant.

grubhouse2

noungrubhouse (plural grubhouses)

plural grubhouses

  1. archaeologypithouse.

    Synonyms: sunken featured building, SFB

Synonyms & antonyms

nounpithouse.

Similar
sunken featured buildingSFB
Also see
grub hutpithousesunken featured building

Origin

grubhouse · noun

From grub (“food”) + house.

Full word history & related roots →

grubhouse · noun

  1. GermanGrubenhaus
  2. Englishgrubhouse

From German Grubenhaus.

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APA

grubhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grubhouse

MLA

“grubhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grubhouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “grubhouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/grubhouse.

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