English Explanatory Dictionary

mental hospital

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A hospital facility designed to treat persons with serious mental disorders, as opposed to disorders of the body.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-mental hospital.wav

Word forms

mental hospital mental hospitals

Etymology

Piecewise doublet of mental hotel.

Synonyms

psychiatric hospital bedlam bin booby-hatch booby house bughouse crazy house cuckoo's nest funny farm happy hotel insane asylum laughing academy loony bin lunatic asylum madhouse mental asylum mental home mental hotel grippy sock vacation mental health center mental health hospital mental hospital mental institution nutfarm nuthouse psych psych hospital psychopathic hospital psychiatric ward psych ward special hospital Tanjung Rambutan whack shack

Related words

mad person
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