doghouse
noun
dog·house
ˈdȯg-ˌhau̇s 
1
: a shelter for a dog
2
: a state of disfavor
—often used in the phrase in the doghouse
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With Starliner's four doghouses and their various thrusters, a pilot is able to control the spacecraft's movement across these six degrees of freedom.
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ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
In 2022, a doghouse that ended up on the receiving end of one rock, which left a seven-inch (18-cm) hole in the roof, sold at auction for nearly US$50,000.
—New Atlas, 1 Apr. 2025
Even when Todd, succumbing to both his serious illness and the house’s demons, treats him rather shabbily, at one point chaining him to an outside doghouse where Indy proves frighteningly vulnerable to threatening forces.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
The animal organization shared the dog’s story in a new video, which showed Rusty’s initial living situation being chained to a doghouse inside a little pen.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
In 2022, a doghouse that ended up on the receiving end of one rock, which left a seven-inch (18-cm) hole in the roof, sold at auction for nearly US$50,000.
—New Atlas, 1 Apr. 2025
Even when Todd, succumbing to both his serious illness and the house’s demons, treats him rather shabbily, at one point chaining him to an outside doghouse where Indy proves frighteningly vulnerable to threatening forces.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
The animal organization shared the dog’s story in a new video, which showed Rusty’s initial living situation being chained to a doghouse inside a little pen.
—Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
See All Example Sentences for doghouse
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doghouse
noun
dog·house
ˈdȯg-ˌhau̇s
: a shelter for a dog
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