All bastille synonyms
basΒ·tille
B b verb bastille
- confine β To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- confinement β Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
- sentence β 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.
- incarcerate β to imprison; confine.
- apprehend β If the police apprehend someone, they catch them and arrest them.
- detain β When people such as the police detain someone, they keep them in a place under their control.
- jail β a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
- commit β If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
- remand β to send back, remit, or consign again.
- lock up β 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a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- confine β To confine something to a particular place or group means to prevent it from spreading beyond that place or group.
- imprison β to confine in or as if in a prison.
noun bastille
- confinement β Confinement is the state of being forced to stay in a prison or another place which you cannot leave.
- barrier β A barrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.
- chamber β A chamber is a large room, especially one that is used for formal meetings.
- apartment β An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
- cage β A cage is a structure of wire or metal bars in which birds or animals are kept.
- cubicle β A cubicle is a very small enclosed area, for example one where you can have a shower or change your clothes.
- penitentiary β 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.
- cell β 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.
- prison β a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
- inside β on the inner side or part of; within: inside the circle; inside the envelope.
- joint β the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture.
- reformatory β serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
- clink β If objects made of glass, pottery, or metal clink or if you clink them, they touch each other and make a short, light sound.
- brig β A brig is a type of ship with two masts and square sails.
- rack β the neck portion of mutton, pork, or veal.
- can β You use can when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something which people may make use of if they want to.
- slammer β a person or thing that slams.
- bullpen β In baseball, a bullpen is an area alongside the playing field, where pitchers can practice or warm up.
- jailhouse β a jail or building used as a jail.
- g β the seventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
- guardhouse β a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
- castle β A castle is a large building with thick, high walls. Castles were built by important people, such as kings, in former times, especially for protection during wars and battles.
- recess β temporary withdrawal or cessation from the usual work or activity.
- crib β A crib is a bed for a small baby.
- booth β A booth is a small area separated from a larger public area by screens or thin walls where, for example, people can make a telephone call or vote in private.
- receptacle β a container, device, etc., that receives or holds something: a receptacle for trash.
- dungeon β Zork
- closet β A closet is a piece of furniture with doors at the front and shelves inside, which is used for storing things.
- cavity β A cavity is a space or hole in something such as a solid object or a person's body.
- crypt β A crypt is an underground room underneath a church or cathedral.
- nook β a corner, as in a room.
- pen β a female swan.
- burrow β A burrow is a tunnel or hole in the ground that is dug by an animal such as a rabbit.
- compartment β A compartment is one of the separate spaces into which a railway carriage is divided.
- lockup β a jail, especially a local one for temporary detention.
- coop β A coop is a cage where you keep small animals or birds such as chickens and rabbits.
- alcove β An alcove is a small area of a room which is formed by one part of a wall being built further back than the rest of the wall.
- vault β the act of vaulting.