Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

    serve time in jail

    released from jail

    Gefängnis

    тюрьмаtjurʹma

    в'язни́цяvʺjaznýcja, тюрма́tjurmá

  2. (uncountable)Confinement in a jail.

  3. (uncountable)The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).

  4. (countable, uncountable)In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.

  5. (uncountable, usually)A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.

More definitions
  • a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

Examples

949 sentences
  1. I just got out of jail.

    Я щойно вийшов із в'язниці.

    ruЯ только что вышел из тюрьмы.

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  2. Tom deserves to go to jail.

    Том заслуговує сісти у в'язницю.

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  3. Tom spent three years in jail.

    Том відсидів у в'язниці три роки.

    ruТом отсидел три года в тюрьме.

    deTom brachte drei Jahre im Gefängnis zu.

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  4. Tom has been released from jail.

    Тома випустили з в'язниці.

    ruТома выпустили из тюрьмы.

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  5. I got out of jail yesterday.

    Вчора я вийшов з в'язниці.

    ruЯ вчера вышел из тюрьмы.

    deIch bin gestern aus dem Gefängnis gekommen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
place for short-term confinement:
Русский
By meaning 1
place for short-term confinement:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
place for short-term confinement:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English gayole, borrowed from Anglo-Norman jaiole, from Late Latin c

Inherited from Middle English gayole, borrowed from Anglo-Norman jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, from Latin cavea (“cage”) + -ola (diminutive ending). Doublet of caveola and related to cage. More at cajole.

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Forms

plural: jails

Synonyms

70 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence):jailhousegaolclinkslammerpokypokey

Word family

44 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • out of jail
  • is in jail
  • up in jail
  • go to jail
  • time in jail
  • night in jail
  • still in jail
  • released from jail
  • escape from jail
  • put in jail
  • the county jail
  • life in jail

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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