prison

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noun

1. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
prison house
• Hypernyms:
correctional institution
• Hyponyms:
bastille, chokey, choky, nick, panopticon, state prison
• Instance Hyponyms:
Newgate
• Part Meronyms:
cellblock, ward
2. a prisonlike situation;
a place of seeming confinement
• Syn:
prison house
• Hypernyms:
situation, state of affairs