ASHRAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ashram mean? 

• ASHRAM (noun)
  The noun ASHRAM has 2 senses:

1. a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram

2. (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus

  Familiarity information: ASHRAM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ASHRAM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("ashram" is a kind of...):

retreat (a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Hypernyms ("ashram" is a kind of...):

retreat (a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet)

Domain region:

Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)