English noun: prison | |||
| 1. | prison (artifact) a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment | ||
| Synonyms | prison house | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | correctional institution | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bastille, chokey, choky, nick, panopticon, state prison | ||
| Instance hyponym | Newgate | ||
| Part holonym | cellblock, ward | ||
| 2. | prison (state) a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement | ||
| Synonyms | prison house | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | situation, state of affairs | ||