noun
1. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement (Freq. 1)
• Syn: ↑prison
• Hypernyms: ↑situation, ↑state of affairs
2. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
• Syn: ↑prison
• Hypernyms: ↑correctional institution
• Hyponyms: ↑bastille, ↑chokey, ↑choky, ↑nick, ↑panopticon, ↑state prison
• Instance Hyponyms: ↑Newgate
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noun : prison
the idea that her present life was a prison house of which he held the key of escape — H.G.Wells
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prison house noun
A prison or prison building
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Main Entry: ↑prison
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prison house,
1. a house or place of imprisonment; prison.
2. imprisonment; confinement: »
Figurative. to escape from the prison house of London streets and factories (London Daily Chronicle).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.