prison

The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.

A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.

Prison was a harrowing experience for him.

The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.

(colloquial, figurative) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.

en-noun

prison (countable and uncountable, plural prisons)

абахҭа

place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes

From Middle English prisoun, prison, a borrowing from Old French prison, from Latin prehensiōnem, accusative singular of prehensiō, from the verb prehendō. Doublet of prehension.


prison

en-verb

prison (third-person singular simple present prisons, present participle prisoning, simple past and past participle prisoned)

prisons (present singular third-person)
prisoning (participle present)
prisoned (participle past)
prisoned (past)