dungeon
English Thesaurus
1. a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | oubliette, |
| definition | : | a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling (noun.artifact) |
2. the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress (noun.artifact)
| hypernym | : | fastness, stronghold, |
| definition | : | a strongly fortified defensive structure (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | black hole of calcutta, |
| definition | : | a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive (noun.artifact) |
| part meronym | : | castle, |
| definition | : | a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack (noun.artifact) |
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