workhouse
Kelime Anlamı :

1. düşkünler.
2. düşkünler evi.
3. ıslahevi.
4. ıslahhane.
5. ıslah evi.
6. darülaceze.
7. ıslahevi [amer.].
Eş Anlamlı Kelimeler :
bridewell, poorhouse, union, workshop
Tanımlar :
1. A prison in which limited sentences are served at manual labor.
2. chiefly british A poorhouse.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1. formerly, an institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work.
2. a prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1. A house in which work is carried on; a manufactory.
2. A house in which able-bodied paupers are compelled to work; a poorhouse.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1. a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
2. a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.