field house

noun

a building housing the dressing facilities, storage spaces, etc., used in connection with an athletic field.

a building used for indoor athletic events, as track events or basketball.

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism

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field house
noun
1.	a building for indoor sports
2.	an athletic facility where athletes prepare for sport

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Field house is always a great word to know.

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Example sentences

Proposals for an athletics field house, a baseball field, and a parking

facility have received less consternation from neighbors.

Building and the removal of the existing field house that is located under the

bleachers.

Landon slapped his knee and guffawed, and the field house erupted in laughter

and applause.

The question of when the field house becomes inseparable from the whole

building project is a crucial one.

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