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English noun: snake pit | |||
| 1. | snake pit (location) any place of pain and turmoil | ||
| Samples | The hell of battle. The inferno of the engine room. When you're alone Christmas is the pits. | ||
| Synonyms | hell, hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, the pits | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | part, region | ||
| 2. | snake pit (artifact) pejorative terms for an insane asylum | ||
| Synonyms | Bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital | ||
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