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SETTLEMENT HOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does settlement house mean?
• SETTLEMENT HOUSE (noun)
The noun SETTLEMENT HOUSE has 1 sense:
1. a center in an underprivileged area that provides community services
Familiarity information: SETTLEMENT HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A center in an underprivileged area that provides community services
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("settlement house" is a kind of...):
center; centre (a building dedicated to a particular activity)
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