BAWDYHOUSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bawdyhouse mean? 

• BAWDYHOUSE (noun)
  The noun BAWDYHOUSE has 1 sense:

1. a building where prostitutes are available

  Familiarity information: BAWDYHOUSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BAWDYHOUSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A building where prostitutes are available

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bagnio; bawdyhouse; bordello; brothel; cathouse; house of ill repute; house of prostitution; sporting house; whorehouse

Hypernyms ("bawdyhouse" is a kind of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bawdyhouse"):

massage parlor (a place where illicit sex is available under the guise of therapeutic massage)