The noun hell has 6 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (6) hell, hell on earth, hellhole, snake pit, the pits, inferno -- (any place of pain and turmoil; "the hell of battle"; "the inferno of the engine room"; "when you're alone Christmas is the pits";)
2. hell, blaze -- (a cause of difficulty and suffering; "war is hell"; "go to blazes")
3. Hell, perdition, Inferno, infernal region, nether region, pit -- ((Christianity) the abode of Satan and the forces of evil; where sinners suffer eternal punishment; "Hurl'd headlong...To bottomless perdition, there to dwell"- John Milton; "a demon from the depths of the pit")
4. Hel, Hell, Hades, infernal region, netherworld, Scheol, underworld -- ((religion) the world of the dead; "he didn't want to go to hell when he died")
5. sin, hell -- (violent and excited activity; "they began to fight like sin")
6. hell, blaze -- (noisy and unrestrained mischief; "raising blazes")