English Explanatory Dictionary

hell house

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A haunted house attraction, typically run by a religious group, depicting the torments of the damned in hell.
  2. An entertainment, at a fair etc, in which visitors pay to be frightened by gruesome exhibits etc.
  3. A house that was the scene of a horrific incident.

Word forms

hell house hell houses

Synonyms

haunted house house of horrors
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