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SNAKE PIT

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Dictionary entry overview: What does snake pit mean?

• SNAKE PIT (noun)
The noun SNAKE PIT has 2 senses:

1. any place of pain and turmoil
2. pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Familiarity information: SNAKE PIT used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• SNAKE PIT (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Any place of pain and turmoil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

hell; hell on earth; hellhole; inferno; snake pit; the pits

Context examples:

the hell of battle / the inferno of the engine room / when you're alone Christmas is the pits

Hypernyms ("snake pit" is a kind of...):

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

nuthouse; nut house; madhouse; loony bin; funny house; funny farm; cuckoo's nest; crazy house; booby hatch; snake pit; sanatorium; Bedlam

Hypernyms ("snake pit" is a kind of...):

asylum; insane asylum; institution; mental home; mental hospital; mental institution; psychiatric hospital (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)

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