prison
noun
1. a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment
Definition categories: man–made
2. a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement
Definition categories: state, situation
Sentences with prison as a noun:
- The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
- Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
- The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.
verb
1. (transitive) To imprison.