poorhouse

See also: poor house

English

Etymology

poor +‎ house

Noun

poorhouse (plural poorhouses)

1. A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.
2. A workhouse.

Hypernyms

• house

Translations

charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged

• Armenian: աղքատանոց (hy) (aġkʻatanocʻ)
• Esperanto: almozulejo
• German: Armenhaus (de) n
• Greek:

  Ancient: πτωχοτροφεῖον n (ptōkhotropheîon)

• Macedonian: сиротински дом m (sirotinski dom), сиропиталиште n (siropitalište)
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• Scots: puirshoose
• Swedish: fattighus n, fattigstuga c
• Welsh: tloty m

Anagrams

• house poor