I. noun
a building or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody
sent to jail for perjury
Synonyms: bastille, ||big house, bridewell, ||brig, ||bucket, ||calaboose, ||can, ||carcel, ||chokey, ||clink, ||college, cooler, coop, freezer, guardroom, ||hoosegow, jug, keep, lockup, pen, penitentiary, ||pokey, prison, reformatory, rock pile, skookum-house, slammer, ||stir, stockade
Idioms: house of correction
II. verb
Synonyms: imprison , bastille, confine, constrain, immure, incarcerate, intern, jug, ||prison, ||quod
Antonyms: release