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| Main Entry: |
dungeon
 [duhn-juhn] 
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prison |
| Synonyms: | cell, oubliette, torture chamber, vault |
| Main Entry: | enclosure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | area bounded by something |
| Synonyms: | asylum, aviary, bowl, building, cage, camp, cell, close, coliseum, coop, corral, court, courtyard, den, dungeon, garden, ghetto, hutch, jail, pale, park, patch, pen, place, plot, pound, precinct, prison, quad, quadrangle, region, room, stadium, stockade, sty, vault, walk, yard, zone |
| Antonyms: | open |
| Main Entry: | jail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for incarceration |
| Synonyms: | bastille, black hole, brig, bullpen, can*, cell, clink, cooler, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, jailhouse, joint*, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack, reformatory, slammer, solitary*, stir*, stockade, up the river |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Example Sentences
- He then saves the queen's imposter from the dungeon.
- Say your rogue happens to be wandering through a dungeon and you happen upon a group of zombies.
- We also visited the dungeon in the castle, which is where they held prisoners of war.
| Main Entry: | prison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence for incarcerating criminals |
| Synonyms: | G, bastille, can*, clink, confinement, cooler, dungeon, guardhouse, jail, keep, lockup, pen*, penal institution, penitentiary, reformatory, slammer, statesville, stockade, up the river |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | stockade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enclosure; jail |
| Synonyms: | barrier, cage, camp, can*, cell, clink, cooler, coop, corral, detention camp, dungeon, fence, jailhouse, joint*, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, protection, slammer, sty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | vault |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depository |
| Synonyms: | basement, box, can, catacomb, cavern, cellar, crib*, crypt, dungeon, grave, mausoleum, pit, repository, safe, safe-deposit box, sepulcher, strong room, tomb |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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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