nuthouse
/ˈnʌtˌhaʊs/
noun
- A place where nuts are processed, stored, or sold.
- Workers at the nuthouse sorted pecans by size for packaging.
- The nuthouse on Main Street sells every kind of almond and walnut.
- We bought a bag of mixed nuts from the local nuthouse.
- An informal, often humorous term for a mental hospital or psychiatric institution.
- After that chaotic meeting, I joked that we needed to be sent to the nuthouse.
- He said living with three roommates was like running a nuthouse.
- The old comedy movie featured a character who escapes from a nuthouse.
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