What does sickhouse mean?
Sickhouse means A place where sick or injured people are cared for; a hospital..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A place where sick or injured people are cared for; a hospital..
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," […]
Use sickhouse when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Sickhouse means A place where sick or injured people are cared for; a hospital..
Common synonyms include infirmary.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The sickhouse was a cool, capacious, and convenient building, well adapted to the purpose for which it was used.
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