"big house" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-big house.ogg Forms: big houses [plural], bighouse [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} big house (plural big houses)
  1. (slang) Prison, jail. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-big_house-en-noun-XFU5QyIj Categories (other): Prison Disambiguation of Prison: 92 8 0 0
  2. (slang, obsolete) The workhouse. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-big_house-en-noun-EqEmbtsf
  3. A religious building of the Delaware Indians, representing the cosmos.
    Sense id: en-big_house-en-noun-nKBYbCCb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 15 78 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 10 81 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 7 86 4
  4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see big, house.
    Sense id: en-big_house-en-noun-pnejJeYR

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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