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| Main Entry: |
penitentiary
[pen-i-ten-shuh-ree]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jail |
| Synonyms: | big house, campus, can*, college, cooler, correctional institution, inside*, joint*, lockup, pen*, penal institution, prison, reformatory, slammer, stockade |
| Notes: | a jail is a short-term detention facility for those awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses; a prison or penitentiary is a long-term detention facility for those convicted of major offenses |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pen |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | enclosure |
| Synonyms: | cage, coop, corral, fence, fold, hedge, hutch, jail, penitentiary, prison, sty, wall* |
| Antonyms: | open space |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | reformatory |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | reform school |
| Synonyms: | boot camp, cooler, correctional facility, correctional institution, jail, penal institution, penitentiary, prison, training school |
| 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: | 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: | lockup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jail |
| Synonyms: | calaboose, clink, cooler, hoosegow, penitentiary, pokey, prison, slammer |
| 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
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