ashram

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ash=ram

OXFORD DICTIONARY

ashram, n. Ind. a place of religious retreat for Hindus; a hermitage.

Etymology

Skr. ashrama hermitage

THESAURUS

ashram

adytum, body, caste, cell, clan, class, cloister, colony, commonwealth, commune, community, den, economic class, endogamous group, extended family, family, gens, hermitage, hideaway, hideout, hiding place, holy of holies, ivory tower, kinship group, lair, mew, moiety, nuclear family, order, phratria, phratry, phyle, privacy, recess, retreat, sanctum, sanctum sanctorum, secret place, settlement, social class, society, subcaste, totem