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Plural of madhouse

regular plural

The plural of madhouse is madhouses.

Forms of madhouse

Singularmadhouse /ˈmædˌhaʊs/
Pluralmadhouses
Countablecountable

Madhouses in a sentence

  • There is a hint of the fad a couple of centuries ago for visiting madhouses in search of the exotic.2002 February 27, Richard Eder, “BOOKS OF THE TIMES; When the Impostor Tries To Do the Job in Earnest”, in The New York Times
  • Angry civilians have writ ten most of the best fiction on the subject, from “Three Soldiers” through “Catch‐22,” to make the point (with a good deal of literary overkill) that wars are mass insanity and that armies are madhouses.1970 September 13, Robie MacAuley, “The Army as one of life's awful necessities”, in The New York Times

Meaning of madhouse

  1. noun A house where insane persons are confined; an insane asylum.
  2. noun A chaotic, uproarious, noisy place.

Full definition of madhouse

Questions about the plural of madhouse

What is the plural of madhouse?
The plural of madhouse is madhouses.
Is madhouse countable?
Madhouse is a countable noun.

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