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| Main Entry: | cell |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small room, container |
| Synonyms: | alcove, apartment, booth, burrow, cage, cavity, chamber, cloister, closet, compartment, coop, crib, crypt, cubicle, den, dungeon, hold, hole, keep, lockup, nook, pen, receptacle, recess, retreat, stall, tower, vault, antechamber, bastille |
| Notes: | a cell is a small compartment or the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms, while sell means to exchange or deliver for money or its equivalent |
| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | positive assurance |
| Synonyms: | belief, cinch, confidence, conviction, credence, faith, firmness, lock*, lockup*, setup, stock, store, sure thing*, surety, trust, validity, all sewn up, authoritativeness, certitude, definiteness, dogmatism, indubitableness, inevitability, open and shut case, positiveness, positivism, rain or shine, shoo-in, staunchness, steadiness, sure bet, surefire, sureness, wrap-up |
| Antonyms: | ambiguity, doubt, hesitation, uncertainty, questionableness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | coop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pen |
| Synonyms: | cage, corral, enclosure, hutch, pound, birdcage, lock-up, mew |
| Main Entry: | jail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | place for incarceration |
| Synonyms: | black hole*, brig, can*, cell, clink*, cooler*, detention camp, dungeon, house of correction, inside*, joint*, lockup, pen, penal institution, penitentiary, pound, prison, rack*, reformatory, solitary*, stir*, stockade, bastille, bullpen, jailhouse, slammer*, up the river |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | penitentiary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jail |
| Synonyms: | big house*, campus, can*, college, cooler*, inside*, joint*, lockup*, pen*, penal institution, prison, reformatory, stockade, correctional institution, slammer* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prison |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | residence for incarcerating criminals |
| Synonyms: | can*, clink*, confinement, cooler*, dungeon, jail, keep, lockup, pen*, penal institution, penitentiary, reformatory, stockade, G, bastille, guardhouse, slammer*, statesville, up the river |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | penal institution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | correctional facility |
| Synonyms: | brig, concentration camp, dungeon, jail, labor camp, lockup, pen, penitentiary, prison, prison camp, stockade, POW camp, house of detention, military prison, penal colony, prisoner-of-war camp, slammer |
| Main Entry: | drunk tank |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cell for drunken prisoners |
| Synonyms: | lockup, tank, detention cell, holding cell, jail cell |
| Main Entry: | police station |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | headquarters for law enforcement |
| Synonyms: | lockup, station house, calaboose, police headquarters |
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