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Workhouse

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Workhouse"

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Word	Definition
poorhousenoun	A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.
hospicenoun	(uncountable) The provision of palliative care for terminally ill patients, either at a specialized facility or at a residence, and support for the family, typically refraining from taking extraordinary measures to prolong life.
housenoun	A structure built or serving as an abode of human beings.
bastillenoun	A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution.
unionnoun	(countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
big housenoun	(slang) Prison, jail.
poor housenoun	Alternative form of poorhouse. [A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.]
house of correctionnoun	(US, Massachusetts, Maryland) A prison.
poor farmnoun	(US, historical) A farm serving as a poorhouse, lodging poor people in exchange for their agricultural labor.
well-housenoun	Alternative form of wellhouse. [A small building that houses a well.]
settlement housenoun	(chiefly historical) An institution providing various community services, usually to the urban poor.
council housenoun	(UK, Ireland) A house built and operated by local town councils, usually of relatively low price and lived in by the working class and welfare recipients.
workyardnoun	A yard where physical labour is carried out.
casual wardnoun	(historical) The section of a workhouse where tramps and itinerants could be accommodated for one night.
jobcentrenoun	(British) A government-funded agency that helps the unemployed to find work; a local office of this agency.
washhousenoun	A domestic outbuilding used as a laundry.
office-housenoun	(obsolete) A building or outhouse on a farm, estate, manor, palace, etc. used for household work, storage, housing servants, etc; the office of the steward or bailiff on a manor or estate; a house of office.
indoor reliefnoun	(historical) Help given to a pauper in the workhouse.
house of refugenoun	(historical) An institution for the shelter of destitute people.
almshousenoun	A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church, and usually funded by charitable donations.