haunted house en · NOUN
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(countable, uncountable) An amusement attraction in which a building or series of rooms is decorated to frighten the people who pass through.
Lisette can't wait to create a haunted house on Halloween night.
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(uncountable) Synonym of witch house (“music genre”).
This enigmatic bunch are a reaction to Manchester's musical past, with a blend of haunted house and rave dynamics
2011 March 25, Paul Lester, “New band of the day: Christian AIDS (No 991)”, in The Guardian:
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(countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see haunted, house.
It was easy to see that it was an avoided house—a house that was shunned by the village, to which my eye was guided by a church spire some half a mile off—a house that nobody would take. And the natural inference was, that it had the reputation of being a haunted house.
1859, Charles Dickens, “The Mortals in the House”, in The Haunted House:
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vi nhà ma (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · nrf maîson vîsionnée (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · th บ้านผีสิง (Halloween amusement attraction) · nl spookslot (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · sv spökhus (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · sv spökhus (Halloween amusement attraction) · bn পোড়া বাড়ি (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · hu kísértet/szellem járta ház (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · gd taigh nam bòcan (Halloween amusement attraction) · ru дом с привиде́ниями (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · el στοιχειωμένο σπίτι (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · gd taigh nam bòcan (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · pl nawiedzony dom (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · nrf maîson hantée (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · cmn 鬧鬼的房子 /闹鬼的房子 (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · uk будинок з привидами (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · nl spookhuis (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · hu kísértetkastély (Halloween amusement attraction) · cmn 凶宅 (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · es casa encantada (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · hu kísértetház (Halloween amusement attraction) · bn ভূতুরে বাড়ি (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · tr perili ev (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · ko 유령의 집 (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · cmn 鬼屋 (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · id rumah setan (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · it casa infestata (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · fr maison hantée (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · ja 幽霊屋敷 (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · eo fantomloĝita domo (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · ca casa encantada (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · fi kummitustalo (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · es casa embrujada (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · de Spukhaus (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · tr tekinsiz (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · ja お化け屋敷 (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · id rumah hantu (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · it casa stregata (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · cmn 鬧鬼的房子 /闹鬼的房子 (Halloween amusement attraction) · ar بَيْت أَشْبَاح (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · pt casa assombrada/mal-assombrada (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · de Geisterhaus (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · bn হানাবাড়ি (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · id rumah berhantu (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · th บ้านผีสิง (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences) · nv hookʼeeghan (house believed to be a center for supernatural occurrences)