courthouse

Definitions

court (court of law) + house (building) = the building that houses courts of law. Transparent compound; the only nuance is that court here is the legal sense, not the yard or palace sense.

Common Collocations

• 1.county courthouse县法院大楼
• 2.federal courthouse联邦法院大楼
• 3.outside the courthouse在法院大楼外

Example Sentences

• 1.

  Reporters gathered outside the courthouse before the verdict.

• 2.

  The old county courthouse stands in the town square.