jail

Speech parts

1. jail - Noun

2. jail - Verb

Meaning

A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.

To imprison.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

gaol imprison incarcerate jailhouse penitentiary clink pokey lockup prison custody detention jug incarceration reformatory poky
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Antonyms

liberty available free freedom absolute broad
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Hypernyms

confine detain correctional institution

Hyponyms

bastille lockup workhouse house of correction hoosegow holding cell

Phrases with the word

in jail grippy sock jail world outside of the jail put in jail escape from a jail one who keeps a jail

Anagrams

jali lija

Examples

What can I do if everyone from the president to a junior bureaucrat is dying to convict me. If I am such a criminal, what was I doing outside jail before my marriage to Benazir? Asif Ali Zardari

The letters from jail are always disconcerting. Eliza Dushku

In this country, don't forget, a habit is no damn private hell. There's no solitary confinement outside of jail. A habit is hell for those you love. And in this country it's the worst kind of hell for those who love you. Billie Holiday

A goat thief came along and they put him in jail. Greek Proverb

The jail is closed day and night and always full; temples are always open and still empty. Chinese Proverb

He who is born in jail loves jail. Greek Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Jaiden Jaidyn jaikie jail bait jail bars jail bird