FOLSOM PRISON

Meaning of FOLSOM PRISON in English

Fol ‧ som Pris ‧ on /ˌfəʊls ə m ˈprɪz ə n/ BrE AmE ( also Folsom )

an old prison in California that was considered to be very strict and unpleasant, where many violent criminals were sent

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FOLSOM — I. adjective Etymology: ~, town in New Mexico Date: 1928 of, relating to, or characteristic of a prehistoric culture of …
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Английский словарь Британика
PRISON — I. ˈpriz ə n noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English prison, prisoun, prisun, from Old French …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
FOLSOM — ˈfōlsəm also -lts- adjective Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: from Folsom, N.M., its type station : of or relating to a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRISON — — prisonlike , adj. /priz"euhn/ , n. 1. a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOLSOM — /fohl"seuhm/ , n. a town in central California. 11,003. /fohl"seuhm/ , adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a prehistoric …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOLSOM — I. ˈfōl-səm adjective Etymology: Folsom, town in New Mexico Date: 1928 : of, relating to, or characteristic of a prehistoric …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PRISON — vt to bind (together); to enchain. 2. prison ·noun specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals …
Webster English vocab
FOLSOM — [ 'fəʊlsəm ] ■ noun [as modifier ] Archaeology denoting a Palaeo-Indian culture of Central and North America, dated to …
Concise Oxford English vocab
FOLSOM — [Fol.som] adj [Folsom, town in New Mexico] (1928): of, relating to, or characteristic of a prehistoric culture of No. America …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PRISON — prison BrE AmE ˈprɪz ə n ▷ prison|s z ▶ ˈ prison camp BrE AmE ▶ ˌ prison ˈ visitor …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FOLSOM — Folsom (i) BrE AmE ˈfəʊl s ə m ⇨ˈfɒʊl- AmE ˈfoʊl s ə m , (ii) BrE AmE ˈfɒl- AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PRISON — / ˈprɪzn; NAmE / noun 1. [ C , U ] a building where people are kept as a punishment …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PRISON — pris ‧ on S2 W2 /ˈprɪz ə n/ BrE AmE noun [ Word Family: noun : ↑ prison , ↑ …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
FOLSOM — Fol ‧ som Pris ‧ on /ˌfəʊls ə m ˈprɪz ə n/ BrE AmE ( also Folsom ) an old …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PRISON — n. & v. --n. 1 a place in which a person is kept in captivity, esp. a building to which …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PRISON — n. & v. n. 1 a place in which a person is kept in captivity, esp. a building to which …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PRISON — n. & v. --n. 1. a place in which a person is kept in captivity, esp. a building to which …
Oxford English vocab
PRISON — ( prisons) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. A prison is a building …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PRISON — [noun] - a building where criminals are forced to live as a punishmentConditions in the prison are said to be …
Cambridge English vocab
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Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
PRISON — Synonyms and related words : POW camp, bastille, big house, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, calaboose, can, cell, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FOLSOM — Classification: CDP (census designated place) Located in: Pennsylvania (PA) Total Population (2000): 8072 Total Housing Units (2000): 3235 Land Area …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
FOLSOM — Classification: Village Located in: New Mexico (NM) Total Population (2000): 75 Total Housing Units (2000): 44 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
FOLSOM — Classification: Borough Located in: New Jersey (NJ) Total Population (2000): 1972 Total Housing Units (2000): 702 Land Area (square meters): …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
FOLSOM — Classification: Village Located in: Louisiana (LA) Total Population (2000): 525 Total Housing Units (2000): 222 Land Area (square meters): 3953223 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
FOLSOM — Classification: City Located in: California (CA) Total Population (2000): 51884 Total Housing Units (2000): 17968 Land Area (square meters): 56302892 …
U.S. Gazetteer English vocabulary
PRISON — I. prison noun Synonyms: jail , ||can, cooler, ||hoosegow, keep, lockup, pen, penitentiary, reformatory, stockade II. ||prison verb Synonyms: imprison …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PRISON — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ local ▪ federal ▪ overcrowded ▪ high-security ( esp. BrE ), maximum-security ( esp. AmE ), supermax …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PRISON — INDEX: 1. a place where people are kept as punishment 2. to put someone in prison as a punishment 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
PRISON — See ↑ PRISON 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ be in prison/jail • ↑ put sb in prison/jail
Longman Activator English vocab
PRISON — See: For imprisonment as a punishment, see Punishments It is plain that in Egypt special places were used as prisons, …
Smith's Bible English Dictionary
PRISON — noun BAD : Sending people to the prison is not the way to reduce crime. GOOD : Sending people to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PRISON — 1. сущ. тюрьма, темница to be released from prison ≈ освободиться из тюрьмы to break out of prison, to escape …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOLSOM — Folsom
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOLSOM — Folsom
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PRISON — prison.ogg 1. ʹprız(ə)n n 1> тюрьма prison sentence - тюремное заключение, тюремный срок prison clothes - арестантская одежда prison camp …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PRISON — prison сущ.тюрьма, темница to be released from prison — освободиться из тюрьмы to break out of prison, to escape from …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PRISON — 1. ʹprız(ə)n n 1) тюрьма prison sentence - тюремное заключение, тюремный срок prison clothes - арестантская одежда prison camp - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PRISON — 1. сущ. тюрьма, темница to be released from prison — освободиться из тюрьмы to break out of prison, to escape …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PRISON — 1. сущ. тюрьма, темница to be released from prison — освободиться из тюрьмы to break out of prison, to escape from prison — …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
PRISON — 1. _n. 1> тюрьма 2> _attr. тюремный; prison hospital - тюремная больница; prison camp - лагерь военнопленных 2. _v. 1> …
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
PRISON — сущ. тюрьма (долгосрочного заключения) city prison — городская тюрьма convict prison — тюрьма для осужденных преступников female prison — женская тюрьма male prison — мужская …
Англо-Русский словарь по экономике
PRISON — тюрьма (долгосрочного заключения) to land in prison — водворять в тюрьму - adult prison - cellular prison - central training prison - city prison - closed …
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
PRISON — 1. сущ. тюрьма, темница to be released from prison ≈ освободиться из тюрьмы to break out of prison, to escape …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOLSOM — Folsom
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
FOLSOM — Folsom
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FOLSOM COMPLEX — Prehistoric culture of North America on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that is known from stone tools. It …
Английский словарь Британика
FOLSOM POINT — a flint point characteristic of the Folsom tradition, typically leaf-shaped and fluted, with small basal extensions, and used on a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOLSOM MAN — 1. a Paleo-Indian of the Folsom tradition. 2. a human skull found in Midland, Texas, that is believed to be …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FOLSOM COMPLEX — an early archaeological complex of North America characterized by a distinct leaf-shaped projectile point called a Folsom point. The Folsom …
Britannica English vocabulary
FOLSOM COMPLEX — Prehistoric culture of North America on the eastern side of the Rocky Mountains that is known from stone tools. It …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
88419 — State: NEW MEXICO City: FOLSOM
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SANDIA — I. sänˈdēə noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish sandía, from Arabic ( baṭṭīḥa ) sindīya melon of Sind, from baṭṭīḥa …
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