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Meaning of sickhouse | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A place where sick or injured people are cared for; a hospital.

Equivalents

Suomi sairastupa
Galego enfermaría
Tiếng Việt bệnh xá

Examples

“The sickhouse was a cool, capacious, and convenient building, well adapted to the purpose for which it was used.”
“What was still called the new sickhouse, where people were taken to be tended if their illness was contagious, […]”
“Four months after giving birth to a daughter, Peggy returned to the sickhouse with a "rising breast," […]”

CEFR level

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