workhouse

What does workhouse mean?

workhouse means "a poorhouse where able-bodied poor are compelled to labor". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in workhouse?

workhouse has 2 syllables and divides as work-house under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is workhouse a common word?

workhouse is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for workhouse come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.