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- [jeyl-hous]
- /ˈdʒeɪlˌhaʊs/
- /ˈdʒeɪl.ˌhɑːws/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [jeyl-hous]
- /ˈdʒeɪlˌhaʊs/
Definitions of jailhouse word
- noun plural jailhouse a jail or building used as a jail. 1
- noun jailhouse prison building 1
- countable noun jailhouse A jailhouse is a small prison. 0
- noun jailhouse a jail; prison 0
- noun jailhouse jail (sense 1) 0
- noun jailhouse A building containing a prison. 0
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Origin of jailhouse
First appearance:
before 1805 One of the 41% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1805-15; jail + house
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Parts of speech for Jailhouse
noun
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pronoun
preposition
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determiner
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jailhouse popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
jailhouse usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for jailhouse
noun jailhouse
- cell — A cell is the smallest part of an animal or plant that is able to function independently. Every animal or plant is made up of millions of cells.
- lockup — a jail, especially a local one for temporary detention.
- 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.
- prison — a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
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