POORHOUSE | • poorhouse n. A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged. • poorhouse n. A workhouse. • poor␣house n. Alternative form of poorhouse. |
POORHOUSES | • poorhouses n. Plural of poorhouse. • poor␣houses n. Plural of poor house. • POORHOUSE n. (historical) a place of residence for people too poor to support themselves. |
POWERHOUSE | • powerhouse n. A power station; the building housing a power station. • powerhouse n. (Figurative) Any source of power, energy or strength; a source of influence or inspiration. • powerhouse n. (Card games) A very good hand of cards, likely to win. |
SUGARHOUSE | • sugarhouse n. (Historical) A factory for the refining of raw sugar from Barbados. • sugarhouse n. (Canada) A small cabin or shack where sap collected from sugar maples is boiled into maple syrup. • sugar-house n. Alternative spelling of sugarhouse. |
MOTHERHOUSE | • motherhouse n. The monastery from which the other ’houses’ of a religious order or congregation were (directly or indirectly)… • motherhouse n. The convent which is the seat (and often the above original foundation) of the superior of an order… • MOTHERHOUSE n. the convent in which the superior of a religious community resides. |
PORTERHOUSE | • porterhouse n. (Chiefly North America) A cut of beef taken from the thick end of the short loin; it has a T-shaped… • porterhouse n. (Chiefly North America, now historical) A public house where porter was sold; often also served steaks, chops etc. • PORTERHOUSE n. a house where malt liquor (as porter) is sold. |
POWERHOUSES | • powerhouses n. Plural of powerhouse. • POWERHOUSE n. one having great drive, energy, or ability. |
SUGARHOUSES | • sugarhouses n. Plural of sugarhouse. • sugar-houses n. Plural of sugar-house. • sugar␣houses n. Plural of sugar house. |
SUMMERHOUSE | • summerhouse n. A house owned not as a primary residence and used as vacation home during warm weather months of the year. • summerhouse n. An outbuilding in a garden where the owners can relax in warm weather. • summer-house n. Alternative spelling of summerhouse. |
CHAPTERHOUSE | • chapterhouse n. Alternative spelling of chapter house. • chapter-house n. Alternative spelling of chapter house. • chapter␣house n. A building attached to a cathedral, church, or monastery and used as a meeting place. |
MOTHERHOUSES | • motherhouses n. Plural of motherhouse. • MOTHERHOUSE n. the convent in which the superior of a religious community resides. |
PORTERHOUSES | • porterhouses n. Plural of porterhouse. • PORTERHOUSE n. a house where malt liquor (as porter) is sold. |
SUMMERHOUSES | • summerhouses n. Plural of summerhouse. • summer-houses n. Plural of summer-house. • summer␣houses n. Plural of summer house. |
CHAPTERHOUSES | • chapterhouses n. Plural of chapterhouse. • chapter-houses n. Plural of chapter-house. • chapter␣houses n. Plural of chapter house. |
SLAUGHTERHOUSE | • slaughterhouse n. A place where animals are slaughtered. • slaughterhouse n. (Figuratively) The scene of a massacre. • SLAUGHTERHOUSE n. an establishment where animals are butchered. |
SLAUGHTERHOUSES | • slaughterhouses n. Plural of slaughterhouse. • SLAUGHTERHOUSE n. an establishment where animals are butchered. |