The meaning of Prison

Prison – definition

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
Synonims:
Jail Penal institution Place of detention Lock-up Place of confinement Guardhouse Detention centre Young offender institution Penitentiary Correctional facility Jailhouse Boot camp Stockade H

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 translation into English

Prison: translate from English into Chinese

监狱, 监, 狱, 牢, 囚牢, 铁窗, 拘留所, 囹, 囚室, 犴, 班房, 狴, 豻

Prison: translate from English into Dutch

Gevangenis, Kerker, Strafgevangenis, Nor, Gevangen zetten, Gevangen houden

Prison: translate from English into French

Prison, Emprisonner, Mettre en prison

Prison: translate from English into German

Gefängnis, Kerker, Zuchthaus, Strafanstalt

Prison: translate from English into Hindi

कारागार, जेल, जेल में डालना, क़ैद करना, बंधनगृह, बंधन में डालना, वंदी-गृह, क़ैदख़ाना

Prison: translate from English into Italian

Prigione, Carcere, Penitenziario, Reclusione

Prison: translate from English into Korean

감옥, 교도소, 형무소, 금고, 영어, 감금하다

Prison: translate from English into Russian

Тюрьма, Тюремный, Острог, Лишать свободы, Заключать в тюрьму, Сковывать

Prison: translate from English into Spanish

Prisión, Cárcel, Encierro, Encarcelar

Word origin

late Old English, from Old French prisun, from Latin prensio(n- ), variant of prehensio(n- ) ‘laying hold of’, from the verb prehendere .

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Prison – similar words

prisoned

verb
Imprison.
Usage examples:
The young man was prisoned behind the doors

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

All meanings and translations of Prisoned

Prison synonims

guardhouse

noun
A building used to accommodate a military guard or to detain military prisoners.
Usage examples:
It was rumored that prisoners in the guardhouse worked only eight hours per day, five days a week.

noun
A building for the soldiers who are protecting a place

All meanings and translations of Guardhouse

h

ˈhʌɪdrədʒ(ə)n

abbreviation
(in measuring the height of horses) hand(s).
Usage examples:
Pinto pony gelding—quiet, 13.3 h, great with kids

noun
The eighth letter of the alphabet.

noun
A thermodynamic quantity equivalent to the total heat content of a system. it is equal to the internal energy of the system plus the product of pressure and volume.

All meanings and translations of H

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 …

All meanings and translations of Jail

jailhouse

noun
A prison.
Usage examples:
The jailhouse diet

All meanings and translations of Jailhouse

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.

All meanings and translations of Lock-up

penitentiary

noun
A prison for people convicted of serious crimes.
Usage examples:
Only about 20 of the more than 1,000 prisoners at the federal penitentiary have been convicted of c…

noun
A prison
Usage examples:
A federal/state penitentiary

All meanings and translations of Penitentiary

stockade

noun
A barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals.
Usage examples:
They built stockades around their towns

verb
Enclose (an area) by erecting a stockade.
Usage examples:
They fortified themselves strongly and stockaded the city

All meanings and translations of Stockade

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