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NUTHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nuthouse mean? 

NUTHOUSE (noun)
  The noun NUTHOUSE has 1 sense:

1. pejorative terms for an insane asylumplay

  Familiarity information: NUTHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NUTHOUSE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pejorative terms for an insane asylum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

Bedlam; booby hatch; crazy house; cuckoo's nest; funny farm; funny house; loony bin; madhouse; nut house; nuthouse; sanatorium; snake pit

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

asylum; insane asylum; institution; mental home; mental hospital; mental institution; psychiatric hospital (a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person)


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