Hypertext Webster Gateway: "madhouse"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Madhouse \Mad"house`\, n.
A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum;
a bedlam.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
madhouse
n : pejorative terms for an insane asylum [syn: {Bedlam}, {booby
hatch}, {crazy house}, {cuckoo's nest}, {funny farm}, {funny
house}, {loony bin}, {nut house}, {nuthouse}, {sanatorium},
{snake pit}]
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