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- /dʒeɪl/
- /dʒeɪl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- /dʒeɪl/
Definition of jails word
- noun jails Plural form of jail. 1
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Parts of speech for Jails
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
jails popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% 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".
jails usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for jails
verb jails
- holds — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- sentences — Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words that expresses an independent statement, question, request, command, exclamation, etc., and that typically has a subject as well as a predicate, as in John is here. or Is John here? In print or writing, a sentence typically begins with a capital letter and ends with appropriate punctuation; in speech it displays recognizable, communicative intonation patterns and is often marked by preceding and following pauses.
- bastilles — Plural form of bastille.
- cages — Plural form of cage.
- cans — a sealed container for food, beverages, etc., as of aluminum, sheet iron coated with tin, or other metal: a can of soup.
noun jails
- dungeons — Plural form of dungeon.
- cells — a wireless telephone using a system of low-powered radio transmitters, with each transmitter covering a distinct geographical area (cell) and computer equipment to switch a call from one area to another, thus enabling broad-scale portable phone service.
- clinks — Plural form of clink.
- coolers — Plural form of cooler.
- insides — on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
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