prison
noun
[ ˈprɪz(ə)n ]
• a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial.
• "he died in prison"
Similar:
jail,
penal institution,
place of detention,
lock-up,
place of confinement,
guardhouse,
detention centre,
young offender institution,
penitentiary,
correctional facility,
jailhouse,
boot camp,
stockade,
house of correction,
the clink,
the slammer,
inside,
stir,
the jug,
the big house,
the brig,
the glasshouse,
the nick,
the can,
the pen,
the cooler,
the joint,
the pokey,
the slam,
the skookum house,
the calaboose,
the hoosegow,
the chokey,
bird,
quod,
pound,
roundhouse,
youth custody centre,
approved school,
borstal,
bridewell,
tollbooth,
bastille,
reformatory,
prison
verb
• imprison.
• "the young man was prisoned behind the doors"
Origin:
late Old English, from Old French prisun, from Latin prensio(n- ), variant of prehensio(n- ) ‘laying hold of’, from the verb prehendere .
