LAZARETTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lazarette mean? 

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

1. hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAZARETTE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Hospital for persons with infectious diseases (especially leprosy)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

lazar house; lazaret; lazarette; lazaretto; pesthouse

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

hospital; infirmary (a health facility where patients receive treatment)

 Context examples 

As I emerged from the lazarette I heard sounds in Wolf Larsen’s state-room.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

They reassured him countless times; but he could not believe them, and pried cunningly about the lazarette to see with his own eyes.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

You know how he leaped across the opening of the lazarette.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The lazarette, where such delicacies were stored, was situated beneath the cabin floor.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The slop-chest, as well as the provisions, was stored in the lazarette, and I took advantage of the opportunity to lay in a stock of underclothing.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

The lazarette was directly beneath the cabin, and, opening the trap-door in the floor and carrying a candle with me, I dropped down and began overhauling the ship’s stores.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Again I went below; but before I dropped into the lazarette I took the precaution of casting down the door in advance.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

But before I could guess what he had comprehended, he had dropped the trap-door into place, closing the lazarette.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I thought of the ship’s stores and the lazarette beneath the cabin, and the idea came to me of surprising Maud with something nice for breakfast.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

I lifted the trap in the floor, but for some moments gazed dubiously into the darkness of the lazarette beneath.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)