prison

Noun
  1. A correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment (synset 104012006)
    is a type of: correctional institution - a penal institution maintained by the government
    subtypes:
    • bastille - a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
    • chokey, choky - British slang (dated) for a prison
    • nick - (British slang) a prison
    • panopticon - a circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791
    • state prison - a prison maintained by a state of the U.S.
    specific instances: newgate - 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
    has: cellblock, ward - a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
    same as: prison house
  2. A prisonlike situation;
    A place of seeming confinement (synset 113960317)
    is a type of: situation, state of affairs - the general state of things; the combination of circumstances at a given time
    same as: prison house

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