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Workhouse
noun
Word Frequency:
0.7
Definitions
1.
noun
An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. Wp
2.
noun
A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
3.
noun
A factory; a place of manufacture.
Synonyms
poorhouse
hospice
house
bastille
union
big house
poor house
house of correction
poor farm
well-house
settlement house
council house
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