NOUN | artifact | prison, prison house | a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment |
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state | prison, prison house | a prisonlike situation |
Sounds | prih'zahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment. | |
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Synonym | prison house | |
Instances | Newgate | A former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780 |
Parts | cellblock, ward | A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) |
Narrower | bastille | A jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) |
chokey, choky | British slang (dated) for a prison | |
nick | (British slang) a prison | |
panopticon | A circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station | |
state prison | A prison maintained by a state of the U.S. | |
Broader | correctional institution | A penal institution maintained by the government |
Spanish | cárcel, penitenciaría, prisión | |
Catalan | presó |
Meaning | A prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement. | |
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Synonym | prison house | |
Broader | situation, state of affairs | The general state of things |
Spanish | prisión | |
Catalan | presó |
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