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monkey-house

monkey-house noun: an enclosure in which monkeys are kept.

Noun

monkey-house (plural monkey-houses)

  1. An enclosure in which monkeys are kept.
    • "The fellow is as full of tricks as the monkey-house at the Zoo."1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
  2. A frenetically chaotic place, often said of a place where politicians gather.
  3. (US, dated) A brothel.

Forms of monkey-house

pluralmonkey-houses
alternative formmonkey house

Questions about monkey-house

What does monkey-house mean?
Monkey-house means an enclosure in which monkeys are kept.
What part of speech is monkey-house?
Monkey-house is a noun.
What is the plural of monkey-house?
The plural of monkey-house is monkey-houses.

Words near monkey-house in the dictionary

  1. monkey-face trees
  2. monkey-faced owl
  3. monkey-faced owls
  4. monkey-flower
  5. monkey-flowers
  6. monkey-house
  7. monkey-houses
  8. monkey-like
  9. monkey-no-climb
  10. monkey-patch
  11. monkey-patched

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