prison
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
Types & categories
- correctional institution hypernym
- bastille hyponym
- chokey hyponym
- nick hyponym
- panopticon hyponym
- state prison hyponym
- Newgate instance hyponym
Parts & wholes
- cellblock part meronym
Sense 2 noun
a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
Types & categories
- situation hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | cellblock |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | correctional institution |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bastille |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chokey |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nick |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | panopticon |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | state prison |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Newgate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | situation |