psych
Clipping of psychiatryClipping of psychiatry.: A psychiatric hospital or other treatment facility; also, a psychiatric department or ward in such a facility.
/saɪk/
» Tom is in the psych ward.
Meaning
1 sensesClipping of psychiatry.
(attributive, informal, often, uncountable)A psychiatric hospital or other treatment facility; also, a psychiatric department or ward in such a facility.
He had to be involuntarily committed to the psych ward.
Examples
25 sentencesTom is in the psych ward.
I learned about this in psych.
I'm going to the psych ward.
deIch gehe in die psychiatrische Abteilung. — Rovo
Tom checked himself into the psych ward.
Tom can't find a good psych ward.
Origin
Clipping of psychiatry and psychology.Clipping of psychiatry and psychology.
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Word family
5 related wordsRelatedpsycheC1
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable