<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a place in the valley of Hinnom, near Jerusalem, where, contrary to the law, children were offered as sacrifices, especially to Moloch</li><li>it was later used as a dumping ground for refuse</li><li>the place of punishment for the wicked after death; hell</li><li>some place, condition, etc., likened to hell</li></ul>