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WHOREHOUSE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does whorehouse mean?

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

1. a building where prostitutes are available

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

Dictionary entry details

• WHOREHOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A building where prostitutes are available

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bagnio; bawdyhouse; bordello; brothel; cathouse; house of ill repute; house of prostitution; sporting house; whorehouse

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

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

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

massage parlor (a place where illicit sex is available under the guise of therapeutic massage)

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