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prison

noun

1 prison

A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment.

synonym: prison house.

Roget 232: inclosure, envelope; case etc. (receptacle) 191; wrapper; girdle etc. 230.    pen, fold; pen fold, in fold, ... show more

Roget 666: refuge, sanctuary, retreat, fastness; acropolis; keep, last resort; ward; prison etc. 752; asylum, ark, ... show more

Roget 752: prison, prison house; jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell; stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, ... show more

Dutch: penitentiaire inrichting, huis van bewaring, gevangenis
Polish: zakład karny

2 prison

A prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement.

synonym: prison house.

Dutch: kerker, gevangenis


Moby thesaurus: POW camp, bastille, big house, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, cell, chokey, clink, concentration camp, condemned cell, confine, confinement, constrain, cooler, death cell ... show more.

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