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Dungeons - English meaning

Dungeons – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A strong underground prison cell, especially in a castle.

Usage examples:

For the past seventeen years he has been kept prisoner in the castle dungeons.

Synonims:

Underground cellUnderground prisonOublietteCellPrisonJailLock-upBlack holeHoleThieves' holeBocardo
verb

Archaic term for donjon.

verb

Imprison (someone) in a dungeon.

noun

An underground prison

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地牢

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Kerkers

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Donjons

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Kerker

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तहखानों

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Sotterranei

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던전

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Mazmorras

Word origin

Middle English (also with the sense ‘castle keep’): from Old French (perhaps originally with the sense ‘lord's tower’ or ‘mistress tower’), based on Latin dominus ‘lord, master’. Compare with

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Dungeons – similar words

dungeon

noun

A strong underground prison cell, especially in a castle.

Usage examples:

For the past seventeen years he has been kept prisoner in the castle dungeons.
verb

Archaic term for donjon.

noun

An underground prison

Dungeon - all meanings in English

Dungeons synonims

cell

sel

noun

A small room in which a prisoner is locked up or in which a monk or nun sleeps.

Usage examples:

The authorities locked all remaining inmates in their cells
noun

The smallest basic unit of a plant or animal

noun

Another word for cell phone

Usage examples:

Call me on my cell.
Cell - all meanings in English

hole

noun

A hollow place in a solid body or surface.

Usage examples:

The dog had dug a hole in the ground
verb

Make a hole or holes in.

Usage examples:

A fuel tank was holed by the attack and a fire started
Hole - all meanings in English

jail

noun

A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.

Usage examples:

He spent 15 years in jail
verb

Put (someone) in jail.

Usage examples:

The driver was jailed for two years
noun

A place where criminals are kept as a punishment for their crimes or while waiting for trial

Usage examples:

[ c ] county jails are already overcrowded., [ u ] he was sentenced to six months in jail., he was …
Jail - all meanings in English

lock-up

collocation

Secure by locking

phrasal verb

Imprison someone.

Usage examples:

He thought smart ought to be locked up
phrasal verb

To make a building or room safe by locking the door and fastening the windows

Usage examples:

Don't forget to lock up when you leave the house., if found guilty, he could be locked up for life.
Lock-up - all meanings in English

oubliette

noun

A secret dungeon with access only through a trapdoor in its ceiling.

Usage examples:

A high-ceilinged corridor ran between the oubliettes and the suite.
Oubliette - all meanings in English

prison

noun

A building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial.

Usage examples:

He died in prison
verb

Imprison.

Usage examples:

The young man was prisoned behind the doors
noun

A building where criminals are kept as a punishment

Usage examples:

[ u ] he was sent to prison for life.
Prison - all meanings in English

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