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Poorhouse Moderate

Poorhouse has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

an establishment maintained at public expense in order to provide housing for the poor and homeless

2

A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
establishment
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
workhouse
Rhyming Words
use cuse duse fuse euse ruse muse suse ause ouse zuse cause v use meuse kouse couse bouse druse mouse pause
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