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POORHOUSE

Pronunciation (US):

• POORHOUSE (noun)
The noun POORHOUSE has 1 sense:

1. an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless

Familiarity information: POORHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

• POORHOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

An establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("poorhouse" is a kind of...):

establishment (a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence)

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

workhouse (a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor)

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