Found 4 items, similar to prison.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: prison penjara
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: prison bui, pembelokan, penjara
English → English (WordNet) Definition: prison prison n 1: a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment [syn: prison house] 2: a prisonlike situation; a place of seeming confinement [syn: prison house]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prison Prison \Pris"on\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prisoned; p. pr. & vb. n. Prisoning.] 1. To imprison; to shut up in, or as in, a prison; to confine; to restrain from liberty. [1913 Webster] The prisoned eagle dies for rage. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] His true respect will prison false desire. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To bind (together); to enchain. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Sir William Crispyn with the duke was led Together prisoned. --Robert of Brunne. [1913 Webster] Prison \Pris"on\ (?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. prehensio, prensio, a seizing, arresting, fr. prehendre, prendere, to lay hold of, to seize. See Prehensile, and cf. Prize, n., Misprision.] 1. A place where persons are confined, or restrained of personal liberty; hence, a place or state o? confinement, restraint, or safe custody. [1913 Webster] Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name. --Ps. cxlii. 7. [1913 Webster] The tyrant [AE]olus, . . . With power imperial, curbs the struggling winds, And sounding tempests in dark prisons binds. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 2. Specifically, a building for the safe custody or confinement of criminals and others committed by lawful authority. [1913 Webster] Prison bars, or Prison base. See Base, n., 24. Prison breach. (Law) See Note under 3d Escape, n., 4. Prison house, a prison. --Shak. Prison ship (Naut.), a ship fitted up for the confinement of prisoners. Prison van, a carriage in which prisoners are conveyed to and from prison. [1913 Webster]