Meaning

1 senses
  1. Prison; jailhouse

More definitions
  • a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
  • a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement

Examples

2 sentences
  1. The prison houses male death row inmates.

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  2. It was originally a federal prison and now houses maximum security inmates.

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Forms

plural: prison houses
Singularprison house
Pluralprison houses

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment:prison
  • a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement:prison

See also

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