Word: pesthouse
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: pest
house
Definition: An establishment which provides shelter and/or care to sufferers of pestilence or other contagious infections
Morphemes:
Affix: pest
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A plague, pestilence, epidemic
Etymology Compounds: Affix: pestis
Language: la
Decoded: pestis
PoS: Noun
Meaning: a disease, plague
Affix: house
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An animal's shelter or den, or the shell of an animal such as a snail, used for protection.