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Poorhouse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. An establishment maintained at public expense as housing for the homeless.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged

n. A workhouse

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. An establishment in which persons receiving public charity are lodged and cared for; an almshouse.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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

Word Usage

"He said that the creditors had held a protracted meeting, and there was one irritating old party who kept suggesting that the poorhouse was the inevitable solution; but finally arrangements were made by which our old friend can keep his shop as long as he lives."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

establishment

Hyponym

workhouse

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

almshouse workhouse

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