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Definitions for Jail

[1] a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
[2] to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.
[3] a place for the confinement of persons convicted and sentenced to imprisonment or of persons awaiting trial to whom bail is not granted
[4] get out of jail or get out of jail free informal to get out of a difficult situation
[5] (tr) to confine in prison

Words related to Jail

penitentiary, lockup, cell, prison, confine, sentence, imprison, detain, hold, dungeon, pound, solitary, cooler, stir, inside, joint, pen, stockade, reformatory, clink

Words nearby Jail

jahvist, jahwism, jai, jai alai, jai hind, jail, jail delivery, jail fever, jailbait, jailbird, jailbreak

Origin of Jail

1225–75; Middle English gaiole, jaiole, jaile < Old North French gaiole, Old French jaiole cage < Vulgar Latin *gaviola, variant of *caveola, diminutive of Latin cavea cage; see -ole1

Words that may be confused with Jail

jail, prison

Other words from Jail

jail·a·ble , adjective
jail·less , adjective
jail·like , adjective
non·jail·a·ble , adjective
re·jail , verb (used with object)
un·jailed , adjective

Word origin for Jail

C13: from Old French jaiole cage, from Vulgar Latin caveola (unattested), from Latin cavea enclosure; see cage : the two spellings derive from the forms of the word that developed in two different areas of France, and the spelling gaol represents a pronunciation in use until the 17th century

Synonyms for Jail

cell, lockup, penitentiary, prison, bastille, brig, bullpen, can, clink, cooler, dungeon, inside, jailhouse, joint, pen, pound, rack, reformatory, slammer, solitary, stir, stockade, black hole, detention camp, house of correction, penal institution, up the river