pesthole

pesthole
Synonyms and related words:
Augean stables, ambulatory plague, black death, black plague, bubonic plague, cellulocutaneous plague, defervescing plague, dump, epidemic, epiphytotic, epizootic, glandular plague, hemorrhagic plague, hole, hovel, larval plague, murrain, pandemia, pandemic, pest, pestilence, pigpen, pigsty, plague, plague spot, pneumonic plague, premonitory plague, rookery, scourge, septicemic plague, siderating plague, slum, stable, sty, tenement, the slums, tuberculosis, warren, white plague

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • pesthole — [pest′hōl΄] n. [ PEST + HOLE] a place infested or likely to be infested with an epidemic disease …   English World dictionary

  • pesthole — noun Date: 1862 a place liable to epidemic disease …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • pesthole — /pest hohl /, n. a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease. [1900 05; PEST + HOLE] * * * …   Universalium

  • pesthole — noun A place where a pest (contagious disease) is present or likely …   Wiktionary

  • pesthole — pest•hole [[t]ˈpɛstˌhoʊl[/t]] n. pat a place infested with or esp. liable to epidemic disease • Etymology: 1900–05 …   From formal English to slang

  • pesthole — noun a breeding ground for epidemic disease • Hypernyms: ↑breeding ground * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : a place subject or liable to epidemic disease * * * /pest hohl /, n. a place infested with or especially liable to epidemic disease. [1900 05; PEST… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pesthole of the Pacific — Panama City, Panama; Buenaventura, Colombia; Guayaquil, Ecuador …   Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games

  • pest — noun a) A plague, pestilence, epidemic Stop being such a pest and leave that girl alone! b) An annoying, harmful, often destructive creature …   Wiktionary

  • pesthouse — noun An establishment which provides shelter and/or care to sufferers of pestilence or other contagious infections See Also: pesthole …   Wiktionary

  • black death — Synonyms and related words: African lethargy, Asiatic cholera, Chagres fever, German measles, Haverhill fever, acute articular rheumatism, ague, alkali disease, ambulatory plague, amebiasis, amebic dysentery, anthrax, bacillary dysentery, bastard …   Moby Thesaurus

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