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statehouse

statehouse

18 4.4
A building where state lawmakers meet to make laws
  • noun
  • /ˈsteɪtˌhaʊs/
  • US
translation icon : capitolio
  • More than two-thirds of these laws were passed by Republican-controlled statehouses, though often with bipartisan support.
  • Ohio Statehouse

Examples

  • The state representatives met in the statehouse to discuss the new education bill.

  • When the Whigs captured the statehouse with George Gilmer in 1837, the issue of the railway assumed wide support and significance.

    Academic text (2007)
  • "I cannot stress enough how proud we at the statehouse are of you."

  • The following year, there was talk about closing him down again, about taking the matter to the statehouse.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • There's political pressure right up to the statehouse on this thing.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Mah promised to remain active at the Statehouse in monitoring the effects.

    Blog text (23)
  • They've long since bought and paid for the Senate, the Congress, the statehouses, and the city halls.

    Blog text (33)
  • As a boy, Higginbotham attended the Ewing Park Grammar School, not far from the New Jersey statehouse.

    Academic text (1996)
  • There is a single reason why fixed-tuition models have been proposed and adopted by campuses and statehouses:

    Academic text (2007)
  • Capitol Square is a 10-acre, state-owned plaza surrounding the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio.

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

capitol
vsstatehouse
  • US
15 6.1

A building where state lawmakers meet to make laws

means the same thing and is an alternative common term

Surface Forms

statehouse singular
statehouses plural

Morphology

statehouse = state + house (transparent) = state + house

The meaning is directly the compound 'state' + 'house' referring to a building used by the state government, which is obvious to learners.

Etymology

Statehouse is a simple compound of state (meaning 'the government of a state') and house (meaning 'a building'). So a statehouse is literally the state's house — the building where a state's government meets and makes laws.