snake pit

Noun snake pit has 2 senses

• snake pit(n = noun.location) hell, hell on earth, hellhole, inferno, the pits - any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits"
is a kind of part, region

• snake pit(n = noun.artifact) bedlam, booby hatch, crazy house, cuckoo's nest, funny farm, funny house, loony bin, madhouse, nut house, nuthouse, sanatorium - pejorative terms for an insane asylum;
is a kind of asylum, insane asylum, institution, mental home, mental hospital, mental institution, psychiatric hospital

snake pit