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SNAKE PIT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does snake pit mean? 

SNAKE PIT (noun)
  The noun SNAKE PIT has 2 senses:

1. any place of pain and turmoilplay

2. pejorative terms for an insane asylumplay

  Familiarity information: SNAKE PIT used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SNAKE PIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any place of pain and turmoil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

hell; hell on earth; hellhole; inferno; snake pit; the pits

Context example:

when you're alone Christmas is the pits

Hypernyms ("snake pit" is a kind of...):

part; region (the extended spatial location of something)


Sense 2

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 ("snake pit" 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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