"hell house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hell houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hell house (plural hell houses)
  1. A haunted house attraction, typically run by a religious group, depicting the torments of the damned in hell. Wikipedia link: hell house
    Sense id: en-hell_house-en-noun-F-dA1xK7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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