Home › Words › B › boomhouseboomhouseboomhouse means A building for housing the operator of the winch that controls a boom which is used to control the flow of logs that float downriver to the sawmill.EtymologyFrom boom + house.nounA building for housing the operator of the winch that controls a boom which is used to control the flow of logs that float downriver to the sawmill.e.g.“In the Mokoman country the most famous jam was that of June, '88, when the booms broke and the piers went out at the boomhouse above Mokoman.” — 1947, Walter O'Meara, The Trees Went Forth: A Novel, page 213:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.boomstick 64% match — In logging, any of the larger logs chained together to create a floating boom. vs boomhouse →wheelhouse 61% match — A building or other structure containing a (large) wheel, such as the water wheel of a mill. vs boomhouse →boilerhouse 61% match — A building containing a boiler. vs boomhouse →boathouse 59% match — A building at the edge of a river, lake or other body of water in which boats are kept. vs boomhouse →headblock 59% match — In a sawmill carriage, a cross-block on which the head of the log rests. vs boomhouse →bargehouse 59% match — A boathouse that houses a barge. vs boomhouse →beamhouse 59% match — A building where skins are processed between curing and tanning, to soak them, remove the hair, etc. vs boomhouse →boomage 59% match — A fee charged by the owner of a boom for its use in storing logs. vs boomhouse →