guard house
Checkpoint shelter building
A guard house is a building at the entrance of a military base, gated community, or secure facility where guards are stationed to control access.
On military installations, the guard house also serves as a detention facility for personnel awaiting court-martial or serving short sentences: He spent three days in the guard house for going AWOL.
Also spelled guardhouse.
- sentryGuard on duty
- night watchOvernight security patrol
- checkpointInspection station on route
- security checkpointInspection point for safety
- front gatePrimary property entrance
main entrance · prison · stockade · watchman · patrol · military police · military · gate · detention · soldier · post · brig · confinement · holding cell · duty · perimeter · tower · chain link fence
- guardsbodyguard, protector, sentinel, sentry, watchman
- outbuildingsshed, sheds, garden shed, tool shed, toolshed
- security checkpointsentry post, checkpoint, security desk, gatehouse, security booth
- guard dutysentry, sentry duty, watchtowers, checkpoints, sentinels
- police stationspolice station, precinct, headquarters, cop shop, substation
- Palacesroyal palace, Versailles, Buckingham Palace, imperial palace, Windsor Castle
guard housemain building
Primary structure of complex
headquarters · command center · central office · administration building · main hall
guard housefreedom
Absence of constraint
public square · town square · recreation area · commons · liberty
guard, house, guards, guarded, guarding, guardian, guardians, guardianship, safeguard