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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 flush
  2. nut flushes
  3. nut full house
  4. nut head
  5. nut heads
  6. nut house
  7. nut houses
  8. nut hugger
  9. nut huggers
  10. nut job
  11. nut jobs

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