Definition of "field house" []

• A building having locker rooms and storage and training facilities, located at an athletic field. (noun)
• A building having one or more areas for different athletic events and usually grandstands for spectators. (noun)

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• "I want to thank the faculty and students here at Southern University for turning your field house and dorms into shelters for so many in the aftermath of Katrina."