headhouse
Transit building entrance
A headhouse is a building at the entrance to a larger structure, especially the aboveground portion of a subway station that provides access to underground platforms.
The term also applies to similar entrance buildings at mines, tunnels, or transit systems: The ornate Victorian headhouse marked the station entrance.
In horticulture, a headhouse is the work and storage area attached to a greenhouse.
Narrow vertical passage
- collieryCoal extraction site
- pitheadMine shaft entrance
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- hoistRaise with tackle
elevator · ventilation · coal · mineshaft · cage · headframe · banksman · check-in
Beer manufacturing facility
- mashCrushed soft mixture
- wortPlant used as remedy
- kettleSpouted vessel for heating water
- fermentationMicrobial sugar conversion
hops · grain · malt · boil · tank · copper · steam · brewmaster
Point of access
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- pavilionOpen recreational structure
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- canopyOverhead protective covering
vestibule · foyer · shelter · enclosure · ornamental · brick · stone · ironwork
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
hoist · elevator · ventilation · coal · mineshaft · cage · headframe · banksman · check-in · surface
brewery
Beer manufacturing facility
fermentation · hops · grain · malt · boil · tank · copper · steam · brewmaster · craft
entrance
Point of access
- facadeDeceptive outward appearance
- pavilionOpen recreational structure
- porticoColumned covered entryway
canopy · vestibule · foyer · shelter · enclosure · ornamental · brick · stone · ironwork · Victorian
lock
Mechanism requiring a key
barge · navigation · keeper · sluice · gate · chamber · hydraulic · machinery · pumping · boat
station
Fixed stopping point
entrance · terminal · concourse · ticket · turnstile · commuter · passenger · stairwell · escalator · mezzanine
headhousesubway platform
Underground transit waiting area
platform · tunnel · train platform · train shed · trackbed
head, house, heads, houses, headed, heading, headless, header, headers