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- [jeyl]
- /dʒeɪl/
- /dʒeɪl/
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- [jeyl]
- /dʒeɪl/
Definitions of jail word
- noun jail a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses. 1
- verb with object jail to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison. 1
- noun jail A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime. 1
- noun jail detention facility 1
- noun jail prison 1
- transitive verb jail imprison 1
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Origin of jail
First appearance:
before 1225 One of the 9% oldest English words
1225-75; Middle English gaiole, jaiole, jaile < Old North French gaiole, Old French jaiole cage < Vulgar Latin *gaviola, variant of *caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea cage; see -ole1
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Parts of speech for Jail
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
jail popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
jail usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for jail
verb jail
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- lock up — a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- put away — to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.
- incarcerate — to imprison; confine.
- confine — To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
noun jail
- penitentiary — a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, especially a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.
- lockup — a jail, especially a local one for temporary detention.
- detention home — a place where juvenile offenders or delinquents are held in custody, esp. temporarily pending disposition of their cases by the juvenile court
- secure unit — A secure unit is a building or part of a building where dangerous prisoners or violent psychiatric patients are kept.
- dungeon — Zork
adjective jail
- custodial — Custodial means relating to keeping people in prison.
Antonyms for jail
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