workhouse
English Thesaurus
1. a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months (noun.artifact)
2. a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor (noun.artifact)
hypernym | : | poorhouse, |
definition | : | an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless (noun.artifact) |
domain region | : | britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, |
definition | : | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom (noun.location) |
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