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INSANE ASYLUM

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Dictionary entry overview: What does insane asylum mean?

• INSANE ASYLUM (noun)
The noun INSANE ASYLUM has 1 sense:

1. a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Familiarity information: INSANE ASYLUM used as a noun is very rare.

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• INSANE ASYLUM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

insane asylum; mental home; mental hospital; mental institution; psychiatric hospital; asylum; institution

Hypernyms ("insane asylum" is a kind of...):

hospital; infirmary (a health facility where patients receive treatment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "insane asylum"):

Bedlam; booby hatch; crazy house; cuckoo's nest; funny farm; funny house; loony bin; madhouse; nut house; nuthouse; sanatorium; snake pit (pejorative terms for an insane asylum)

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