Usually means: Charitable housing for the poor.
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  1. almshouse: Merriam-Webster
  2. almshouse: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. almshouse: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. almshouse: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Almshouse, almshouse: Wordnik
  6. almshouse: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. almshouse: Wiktionary
  8. almshouse: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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  10. Almshouse, almshouse: Dictionary.com
  11. Almshouse: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Almshouse: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. almshouse: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Almshouse: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. almshouse: FreeDictionary.org
  16. almshouse: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. almshouse: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  18. almshouse: Merriam-Webster

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  1. almshouse: Encyclopedia

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  1. almshouse: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (almshouse)

▸ noun:  A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church. Usually a charity relying on donations for funding.

Similar:
armshouse, hospital, almonry, poor house, bedehouse, hospitate, poorhouse, spital, beadhouse, parish room, more...

Opposite:
mansion, estate, manor

Adjectives:
old, new, public, first, local, large, ancient, english, small, municipal, special

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Similar:
armshouse, hospital, almonry, poor house, bedehouse, hospitate, poorhouse, spital, beadhouse, parish room, more...

Opposite:
mansion, estate, manor

Adjectives:
old, new, public, first, local, large, ancient, english, small, municipal, special



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