Meanings
nounhell house (plural hell houses)
plural hell houses
- A haunted house attraction, typically run by a religious group, depicting the torments of the damned in hell.
- An entertainment, at a fair etc, in which visitors pay to be frightened by gruesome exhibits etc.
Synonyms: haunted house, house of horrors
- A house that was the scene of a horrific incident.
Near-synonym: house of horrors
Synonyms: house of horrors
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn entertainment, at a fair etc, in which visitors pay to be frightened by gruesome exhibits etc.
nounA house that was the scene of a horrific incident.
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