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ASHRAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("ashram" is a kind of...):
retreat (a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet)
Domain region:
Bharat; India; Republic of India (a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Hypernyms ("ashram" is a kind of...):
retreat (a place of privacy; a place affording peace and quiet)