workhouse
(noun) a county jail that holds prisoners for periods up to 18 months
workhouse
(noun) a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor
Source: WordNet® 3.1
workhouse (plural workhouses)
(British, historical) An institution for the poor homeless, funded by the local parish where the able-bodied were required to work. Wp
(US) A prison in which the sentence includes manual labour.
(archaic) A factory; a place of manufacture.
• poorhouse
• housework
Source: Wiktionary
Work"house`, n.; pl. Workhouses. Etym: [AS. weorch.]
1. A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop.
2. A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor.
3. A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2024
(verb) hold in suspicion; believe to be guilty; “The U.S. suspected Bin Laden as the mastermind behind the terrorist attacks”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
