prison

Plural: prisons

Noun

• a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
• a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
• A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
• Confinement in prison.
• Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.

Verb

Verb Forms: prisoned, prisoning, prisons

• To confine someone as a prisoner; to imprison.
• To imprison.

Examples

• He managed to prison his opponent’s high-value tiles in a corner, preventing big plays.
• Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
• The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.
• The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.

Synonyms

prison house, big house, bridewell, imprisonment

Anagrams of prison