| Workhouse 1. (n.) A house where any manufacture is carried on; a workshop. 2. (n.) A house in which idle and vicious persons are confined to labor. 3. (n.) A house where the town poor are maintained at public expense, and provided with labor; a poorhouse. Thesaurus Entries agency, almshouse, asylum, atelier, barbershop, beauty parlor, beauty shop, bench, butcher shop, company, concern, corporation, desk, establishment, facility, firm, foster home, halfway house, home, hospice, hospitium, house, installation, institution, loft, nursing home, organization, orphanage, parlor, poor farm, poorhouse, rest home, retreat, shop, studio, sweatshop, work site, work space, workbench, working space, workplace, workroom, workshop, worktable |