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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jail |
| Synonyms: | guardhouse, prison, slammer, stockade |
| Main Entry: | sailboat |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a boat propelled with wind by sailcloth |
| Synonyms: | Sunfish, bark, brig, brigantine, catamaran, clipper, craft, cutter, dory, gaff-rigged sailboat, galleon, galley, jack, ketch, pinnace, ragboat, schooner, ship, skiff, sloop, tall ship, vessel, windjammer, wooden boat, yacht, yawl |
| Main Entry: | big house |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | penal institution |
| Synonyms: | big cage, big house, big school, brig, calaboose, can, city hotel, cooler, coop, correctional institution, detention facility, house of correction, house of detention, icebox, jail, joint, penitentiary, prison, slammer, tank, the river |
| Main Entry: | penal institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correctional facility |
| Synonyms: | POW camp, brig, concentration camp, dungeon, house of detention, jail, labor camp, lockup, military prison, pen, penal colony, penitentiary, prison, prison camp, prisoner-of-war camp, slammer, stockade |
| Main Entry: | pokey |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jail |
| Synonyms: | bastille, black hole, brig, bullpen, can*, cell, clink, cooler, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, jailhouse, joint*, keep, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack, reformatory, slammer, solitary*, stir*, stockade, up the river |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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