Workhouse

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A prison in which limited sentences are served at manual labor.
  • n. Chiefly British A poorhouse.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. formerly, an institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work.
  • n. a prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
  • n. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
  • n. A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A house in which work is carried on; a manufactory.
  • n. A house in which able-bodied paupers are compelled to work; a poorhouse.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
  • n. a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    poorhouse    poky    jailhouse    slammer    pokey   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    workshop    poorhouse    bridewell    union   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    madhouse    penitentiary    almshouse    infirmary    poorhouse   
     
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