Jail

Noun

 * 1) A place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
 * 2)   Confinement in a jail.
 * 3)  school
 * I have to go to jail 5 days a week.
 * 1)  The requirements that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for (usually) 30 days.

Synonyms

 * slammer

Coordinate terms

 * big house, hoosegow, prison

Derived terms

 * jailbait
 * jailbird
 * jailbreak
 * jailer
 * jail sentence

Verb

 * 1) To imprison.

Synonyms

 * imprison''

Adjectives for Jail
fantastic; infernal; distasteful; pleasant; comfortable.

Verbs for Jail
to—; confine to—; deliver from—; deposit in—; detain in—; dwell in—; free from—; guard—; imprison in—; incarcerate in—; languish in—; parole from—; patrol—; release from—; secure in—; slap into—; — confines; —corrects; —penalizes; —rehabilitates.

Thesaurus
POW camp, bastille, beleaguer, beset, besiege, big house, black hole, blockade, bolt in, borstal, borstal institution, bound, box in, bridewell, brig, bucket, caboose, cage, calaboose, can, cast in prison, cell, chamber, chokey, clap in jail, clap up, clink, close in, college, compass, concentration camp, condemned cell, confine, constrain, contain, cooler, coop, coop in, coop up, cordon, cordon off, corral, death cell, death house, death row, detain, detention camp, encircle, enclose, encompass, enshrine, federal prison, fence in, forced-labor camp, freezer, gaol, guardhouse, guardroom, hedge in, hem in, hold captive, hold in captivity, hold prisoner, hoosegow, house in, house of correction, house of detention, immure, impound, imprison, incarcerate, include, industrial school, intern, internment camp, jailhouse, jug, keep, kennel, labor camp, leaguer, lock in, lock up, lockup, maximum-security prison, mew, mew up, minimum-security prison, nick, oubliette, pen, pen in, penal colony, penal institution, penal settlement, penitentiary, pocket, pokey, prison, prison camp, prisonhouse, quarantine, quod, rail in, reform school, reformatory, rock pile, send down, shrine, shut in, shut up, slammer, sponging house, stable, state prison, stir, stockade, surround, the hole, throw into jail, tollbooth, training school, wall in, wrap, yard, yard up

Alternative forms

 * gaol (British, Australian)

Etymology
From gaiole:, gayle:, gaile:, gayll:, via  gaiole:, gaole:, geole:, geole: <   gabiola:, for *undefined:, a diminutive of  cavea:.

Pronunciation




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