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FUNNY HOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does funny house mean?
• FUNNY HOUSE (noun)
The noun FUNNY HOUSE has 1 sense:
1. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Familiarity information: FUNNY HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("funny house" 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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