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Definition: ALMSHOUSE |
ALMSHOUSENoun1. A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse. |
Date "ALMSHOUSE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1838. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Assembly room, meetinghouse, pump room, spa, watering place; inn; hostel, hostelry; hotel, tavern, caravansary, dak bungalow, khan, hospice; public house, pub, pot house, mug house; gin mill, gin palace; bar, bar room; barrel house, cabaret, chophouse; club, clubhouse; cookshop, dive, exchange; grill room, saloon, shebeen; coffee house, eating house; canteen, restaurant, buffet, cafe, estaminet, posada; almshouse, poorhouse, townhouse. |
Refuge | Noun: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison; asylum, ark, home,Noun: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison; asylum, ark, home, refuge for the destitute; almshouse; hiding place; (ambush); sanctum sanctorum; (privacy). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: ALMSHOUSE |
| English words defined with "ALMSHOUSE": Bedehouse ♦ God's house. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ALMSHOUSE": Bead-house ♦ Spitalfields. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "ALMSHOUSE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 92.86% of the time. "ALMSHOUSE" is used about 14 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 92.86% | 13 | 97,576 |
| Noun (proper) | 7.14% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 14 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
almshouse green kingdom united | 13 |
almshouse | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "ALMSHOUSE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aalmoeseniershuis (almonry, workhouse). (various references) | |
Dutch | armhuis (almonry, workhouse), aalmoezeniershuis (almonry, workhouse). (various references) | |
Esperanto | almozulejo (workhouse), malriĉulejo (almonry, workhouse). (various references) | |
Farsi | نوانخانه (Asylum, Poorhouse, Soupkitchen), گداخانه (Poorhouse). (various references) | |
German | Altersheim (old people´s home, rest home). (various references) | |
Hebrew | בית מחס" (asylum, poorhouse, retreat, workhouse). (various references) | |
Indonesian | rumah miskin. (various references) | |
Italian | ospizio (home, hospice). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | almshouseay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | asilo de pobres, hospício de indigentes. (various references) | |
Russian | богадельня (alms house, alms-house, hospital, poor house, poorhouse, poor-house). (various references) | |
Spanish | asilo de ancianos (home for elderly, nursing home, old people's home). (various references) | |
Swedish | ålderdomshem (rest home). (various references) | |
Turkish | yaşlılar evi, imarethane, darülaceze (hospice, hospital, poorhouse, union, workhouse), düşkünler evi (poor house, workhouse). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | богадільня (bead-house, charity, hospice, poorhouse). (various references) | |
Welsh | elusendy. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | elemosyna, elemosynae, elemosynam, elemosynas, elemosynis. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ALMSHOUSE": almshouses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-l-m-o-s-s-u" | |
-1 letter: hamulose. | |
-2 letters: housels, shaloms. | |
-3 letters: almehs, amoles, amuses, assume, haloes, haoles, hassel, hassle, haulms, hosels, housel, houses, lashes, lehuas, louses, lushes, mahoes, mashes, mohels, moshes, mouses, mousse, mushes, mussel, oleums, ousels, samshu, selahs, shales, shalom, shames, shamos, shamus, shauls, sheals, sheols, shmoes, shoals, soleus, solums, ulemas. | |
-4 letters: almeh, almes, aloes, alums, amole, amuse, ashes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-l-m-o-s-s-u" | |
+1 letter: almshouses. | |
+2 letters: blasphemous, homosexuals. | |
+4 letters: blasphemously. | |
+5 letters: exophthalmuses, nonhomosexuals. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Anagrams 10. Bibliography |
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