jail
noun
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Sense 1 noun
a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
Types & categories
- correctional institution hypernym
- bastille hyponym
- holding cell hyponym
- hoosegow hyponym
- house of correction hyponym
- lockup hyponym
- workhouse hyponym
Related & opposite
- jail derivation
Sense 2 verb
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
The suspects were imprisoned without trial
Types & categories
- detain hypernym
Related & opposite
- remand derivation
- internment derivation
- imprisonment derivation
- jail derivation
- screw derivation
- captivity derivation
- law domain topic
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | jail |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | correctional institution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bastille |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | holding cell |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hoosegow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | house of correction |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lockup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | workhouse |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | remand |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | internment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | imprisonment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jail |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | screw |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | captivity |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | detain |