prison house
English Thesaurus
1. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment (noun.artifact)
| hyponym | : | bastille, |
| definition | : | a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | chokey, choky, |
| definition | : | British slang (dated) for a prison (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | nick, |
| definition | : | (British slang) a prison (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | panopticon, |
| definition | : | a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791 (noun.artifact) |
| hyponym | : | state prison, |
| definition | : | a prison maintained by a state of the U.S. (noun.artifact) |
| instance hyponym | : | newgate, |
| definition | : | a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902 (noun.artifact) |
| part holonym | : | cellblock, ward, |
| definition | : | a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) (noun.artifact) |
2. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement (noun.state)
| hypernym | : | situation, state of affairs, |
| definition | : | the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time (noun.state) |
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