asylum
/əˈsaɪləm/
nounverb
A place of safety or refuge.
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Noun 3 meanings
A place of safety or refuge.
The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
Verb 2 meanings
to place in an asylum
to grant protection or refuge
Where it comes from
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin asȳlum, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄσυλον (ásulon).
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ASYLUM at a glance
ASYLUM has 6 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (A 1 + S 1 + Y 4 + L 1 + U 1 + M 3) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,085 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with asylum
All rhymes- CURRICULUM16
- PLUM8
- PENDULUM13
- ALUM6
- SLUM6
- ANTEBELLUM14
- CEREBELLUM16
- VELLUM11
- GLUM7
- RETICULUM13
- SPECULUM14
- TANTALUM10
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- AMYLUM13
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