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SNAKE PIT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does snake pit mean?
• SNAKE PIT (noun)
The noun SNAKE PIT has 2 senses:
1. any place of pain and turmoil
2. pejorative terms for an insane asylum
Familiarity information: SNAKE PIT used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any place of pain and turmoil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
hell; hell on earth; hellhole; inferno; snake pit; the pits
Context example:
when you're alone Christmas is the pits
Hypernyms ("snake pit" is a kind of...):
part; region (the extended spatial location of something)
Sense 2
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 ("snake pit" 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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