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Main Entry:
prison [priz-uhn]
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
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
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
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
Main Entry: jail
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: incarcerate
Synonyms: bastille, book, cage, can*, confine, constrain, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, lock up, prison, put away, put behind bars, put on ice, railroad, send up, sentence, take away*, throw away the keys, throw in dungeon, throw the book at
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
Antonyms: free, liberate
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
Main Entry: penitentiary
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
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
Main Entry: brig
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: jail
Synonyms: guardhouse, prison, slammer, stockade
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