jail
Meaning of jail
noun
- a place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
he spent 15 years in jail
a jail sentence
- put (someone) in jail.
the driver was jailed for two years
Middle English: based on Latin cavea (see cage). The word came into English in two forms, jaiole from Old French and gayole from Anglo-Norman French gaole (surviving in the spelling gaol ), originally pronounced with a hard g, as in goat .
Information about jail
- The plural form of jail is: jails.
- Languages in which jail is used:
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Hyphenation of jail
jail
- It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
- jail is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
jail synonyms
Meaning jailhouse:
jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey
Meaning imprison:
imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, jug, gaol, remand
Meaning a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed or while awaiting trial:
Meaning a building used to accommodate a military guard or to detain military prisoners:
Meaning a prison for people convicted of serious crimes:
Meaning a barrier formed from upright wooden posts or stakes, especially as a defence against attack or as a means of confining animals:
Meaning the inner side or surface of something:
Meaning a slight physical movement:
Meaning prison:
Meaning a warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate animal distinguished by the possession of feathers, wings, a beak, and typically by being able to fly:
Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):
Meaning a railway locomotive maintenance shed built around a turntable:
Meaning a custodial institution for young offenders:
Meaning a prison or reform school for petty offenders:
Meaning a roadside kiosk where drivers or pedestrians must pay to use a bridge or road:
Meaning an institution to which young offenders are sent as an alternative to prison:
Meaning confine (someone) as a prisoner, especially for political or military reasons:
Meaning keep or restrict someone or something within certain limits of (space, scope, or time):
Meaning keep (someone) from proceeding by holding them back or making claims on their attention:
Meaning grasp, carry, or support with one's hands:
Meaning compel or force (someone) to follow a particular course of action:
jail antonyms
Meaning free (someone) from a criminal charge by a verdict of not guilty:
Meaning allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free:
Translation of jail
- German: Gefängnis, Knast, Kittchen, Bau, Loch, einsperren, einkerkern
- French: prison, trou, tôle, taule, cabane, geôle, placard, pénitencier, emprisonner
- Italian: prigione, carcere, imprigionare, incarcerare
- Spanish: prisión, cárcel, apresar, encarcelar, aprisionar
- Portuguese: prisão, xadrez, cana, cárcere, grades, presídio, xilindró, cadeia, aprisionar
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