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# clubhouse

«clubhouse» in Mova's school dictionary: **a building used by a sports club or other club, with…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a clubhouse, clubhouses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A clubhouse is a building used by a sports club or other club, with changing rooms, a meeting room or a café. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clubhouse/#m1)

2) A clubhouse is also a den or small hut that children use as a secret club place, like a treehouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clubhouse/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, golf, tennis, rugby, cricket and sailing clubs have clubhouses where members meet and change. In stories and play, children build a clubhouse with rules and passwords («No grown-ups allowed»). Phrases: «at the clubhouse», «golf clubhouse», «secret clubhouse».

### examples

- We had lunch at the tennis clubhouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clubhouse/#x1)
- Our team changes in the clubhouse before the match. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clubhouse/#x2)
- We built a clubhouse in the garden from old boards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clubhouse/#x3)
- You need the password to enter our clubhouse. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clubhouse/#x4)
- The cricket clubhouse has photos of old teams. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clubhouse/#x5)
- Dad waited in the clubhouse while I played golf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clubhouse/#x6)
- The clubhouse was full of muddy boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clubhouse/#x7)
- Our clubhouse has a sign that says «Members Only». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clubhouse/#x8)

### note

One word: clubhouse. Countable. Safety: homemade dens and clubhouses should be checked by an adult so they don't fall down.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «clubhouse» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/clubhouse/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.