mental hospital

men·tal hos·pi·tal

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Definitions of mental hospital words

noun mental hospital psychiatric institution 1
countable noun mental hospital A mental hospital is a hospital for people who are suffering from mental illness. 0

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

funny farm — a psychiatric hospital.
loony bin — an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.
madhouse — a hospital for the confinement and treatment of mentally disturbed persons.
sanitarium — an institution for the preservation or recovery of health, especially for convalescence; health resort.
psychiatric hospital — institution treating mental disorders

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