Word: Jail
How to pronounce: ʤeɪl
Noun
Definitions:
1. A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
Example sentences: "He served 15 months in jail"
Transitive verb
Definitions:
1. Put (someone) in jail.
Example sentences: "The driver was jailed for two years"
Synonyms:
prison
penitentiary
slammer
hoosegow
gaol
prison facilities
isolation ward
jailhouse
remand
pokey
clink
imprison
put away
Antonyms:
imprison
Derivations:
jailed
jailing
jailer
jailor
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Jail in Other Languages...
Spanish: Encarcelamiento
German: Gefängnis
French: Prison
Italian: Carcere
Turkish: Hapis
