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Meaning of Poorhouse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A charitable institution where poor or homeless people are lodged.
  2. A workhouse.

Equivalents

العربية ملجأ للفقراء
Bosanski špital
Cymraeg tloty
Dansk fattighus
Deutsch Armenhaus Spital
Ελληνικά πτωχοκομείο φτωχοκομείο φτωχόσπιτο
Esperanto almozulejo
Suomi köyhäintalo vaivaistalo
Français hospice
Hrvatski špital
Հայերեն աղքատանոց
日本語 悲田院
Kurdî îmaret
Latina ptochotropheum
Македонски сиропиталиште
Nederlands armenhuis
Polski przytułek szpital
Português abrigo
Русский богадельня
Српски špital
Svenska fattighus
Türkçe imaret tekke

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

poorism poorliness poorling Poorly Poorman poormaster

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