All bastille synonyms
bas·tille
B b verb bastille
- ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
- trammel — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
- intern — to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
- restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- circumscribe — If someone's power or freedom is circumscribed, it is limited or restricted.
- curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- limit — the final, utmost, or furthest boundary or point as to extent, amount, continuance, procedure, etc.: the limit of his experience; the limit of vision.
- check — Check is also a noun.
- occlude — to close, shut, or stop up (a passage, opening, etc.).
- impound — to shut up in a pound or other enclosure, as a stray animal.
- restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
- settle — to appoint, fix, or resolve definitely and conclusively; agree upon (as time, price, or conditions).
- slough — the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- railroad — a permanent road laid with rails, commonly in one or more pairs of continuous lines forming a track or tracks, on which locomotives and cars are run for the transportation of passengers, freight, and mail.
- book — A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example.
- throw the book at — a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
- cheque — A cheque is a printed form on which you write an amount of money and who it is to be paid to. Your bank then pays the money to that person from your account.
- bottle up — If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
- 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.
- fence in — a barrier enclosing or bordering a field, yard, etc., usually made of posts and wire or wood, used to prevent entrance, to confine, or to mark a boundary.
- lock in — 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.
- send up — an entertaining or humorous burlesque or parody; takeoff: The best skit in the revue was a send-up of TV game shows.
- shut in — closed; fastened up: a shut door.
- take away — something taken back or away, especially an employee benefit that is eliminated or substantially reduced by the terms of a union contract.
noun bastille
- pound — Archaic. to shut up in or as in a pound; impound; imprison.
- solitary — alone; without companions; unattended: a solitary passer-by.
- cooler — A cooler is a container for keeping things cool, especially drinks.
- stir — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
- black hole — Black holes are areas in space, where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from them. Black holes are thought to be formed by collapsed stars.
- detention camp — a compound where prisoners are detained temporarily, as pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws.
- house of correction — a place for the confinement and reform of persons convicted of minor offenses and not regarded as confirmed criminals.
- up the river — a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- statesville — a city in central North Carolina.
- container — A container is something such as a box or bottle that is used to hold or store things in.
- armour — In former times, armour was special metal clothing that soldiers wore for protection in battle.
- gaol — to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.