snake pit

/sneɪk pɪt/
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Other forms: snake pits

Definitions of snake pit
  1. noun
    any place of pain and turmoil
    synonyms: hell, hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, the pits
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    type of:
    part, region
    the extended spatial location of something
  2. noun
    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
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    type of:
    asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital
    a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced people
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