how to pronounce roundhouse

/ˈɹaʊndˌhaʊs/

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roundhouse is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of roundhouse in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… can do a better roundhouse kick on the …”

meanings of roundhouse

noun:

A punch or kick delivered with an exaggerated sweeping movement.
The uppermost room or cabin of any note upon the stern of a ship.
A privy near the bow of a vessel, especially as reserved for officers.
A circular prison, especially a small local lockup or station house.
In the game of pinochle, a meld consisting of a queen and king in each of the four suits.
A circular building in which locomotives are housed.
A prehistoric dwelling typical of northwest Europe in the Iron Age and Bronze Age.

verb:

To punch or kick with an exaggerated sweeping movement.

roundhouse frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word roundhouse occurs in english on average 0.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics roundhouse can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that roundhouse can be often used in the following areas:

1) transport and travel;