Definition of: hell

(hel) noun
1. The abode of evil spirits; infernal regions; place of eternal punishment, of extreme torment, etc. See GEHENNA, INFERNO, TARTARUS.
2. Any condition of extreme physical or mental suffering.
3. In ancient times, the place of departed spirits; called by the Greeks Hades, by the Hebrews Sheol, and by the Scandinavians Hel.
4. A place of evil, as a gambling house; also, a place for rejected things or refuse.
5. In Christian Science, mortal belief; error; lust; remorse; hatred; revenge; sin.
6. Hellbox. [OE hel]