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nut-house

nut-house is the alternative form of nuthouse.

Meaning of nuthouse

Noun

nuthouse (plural nuthouses)

  1. (informal, offensive) A hospital for the mentally ill.
    • That guy is totally crazy; he belongs in a nuthouse.
    Synonyms:
    bedlam, bin, booby-hatch, booby house, bughouse, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, happy hotel, insane asylum

Forms of nut-house

pluralnut-houses

Questions about nut-house

What is nut-house the alternative form of?
Nut-house is the alternative form of nuthouse.

Words near nut-house in the dictionary

  1. nut-grasses
  2. nut-head
  3. nut-heads
  4. nut-hook
  5. nut-hooks
  6. nut-house
  7. nut-houses
  8. nut-job
  9. nut-jobs
  10. Nutan
  11. nutant

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