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bettering house

bettering house noun: a poorhouse or workhouse.

Noun

bettering house (plural bettering houses)

  1. (historical) A poorhouse or workhouse.

Forms of bettering house

pluralbettering houses

Questions about bettering house

What does bettering house mean?
Bettering house means a poorhouse or workhouse.
What part of speech is bettering house?
Bettering house is a noun.
What is the plural of bettering house?
The plural of bettering house is bettering houses.

Words near bettering house in the dictionary

  1. betterhood
  2. Betteridge
  3. Betteridge's Law
  4. Betteridge's law of headlines
  5. bettering
  6. bettering house
  7. betterings
  8. betterish
  9. betterment
  10. betterments
  11. bettermost

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