English

Alternative spellings
gaol (British, Australian)

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-jail.ogg|Audio (US)

:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪl|-eɪl

Noun
en-noun|jails|-

1. A prison; a place of detention; a place where a person convicted or suspected of a crime is detained.
2. uncountable Confinement in a jail.
3. slang school

#*I have to go to jail for 5 days per week.

1. context|horse racing The requirements that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for (usually) 30 days.

Synonyms
big house
hoosegow
prison
slammer

Derived terms
jailbait
jailbird
jailbreak
jailer
jail sentence

Translations
See prison

Verb
en-verb
#To imprison.

Synonyms
imprison''

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