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单词 bridewells
释义

bridewell

noun

bride·​well ˈbrīd-ˌwel How to pronounce bridewell (audio)
-wəl
: prison

Synonyms

  • bastille
  • big house [slang]
  • brig
  • calaboose
  • can
  • clink [slang]
  • cooler
  • coop
  • guardroom
  • hock
  • hold
  • hoosegow
  • jail
  • jailhouse
  • joint [slang]
  • jug
  • lockup
  • nick [British slang]
  • pen
  • penitentiary
  • pokey [slang]
  • prison
  • quod [British slang]
  • slam
  • slammer
  • stir [slang]
  • stockade
  • tolbooth [Scottish]
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Example Sentences

the citadel was later converted into a bridewell to house the city's growing criminal population

Word History

Etymology

Bridewell, London jail

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

bridewells

noun

plural of bridewell
as in penitentiaries
a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody the citadel was later converted into a bridewell to house the city's growing criminal population

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • penitentiaries
  • jails
  • prisons
  • bastilles
  • big houses
  • jailhouses
  • quods
  • brigs
  • pens
  • tolbooths
  • pokeys
  • calabooses
  • coolers
  • coops
  • bull pens
  • lockups
  • stockades
  • jugs
  • hoosegows
  • hocks
  • tanks
  • guardrooms
  • cages
  • slammers
  • clinks
  • cans
  • stirs
  • cells
  • slams
  • joints
  • labor camps
  • nicks
  • holds
  • dungeons
  • prison camps
  • reform schools
  • concentration camps
  • stalags
  • training schools
  • work camps
  • holes
  • guardhouses
  • wards
  • keeps
  • hulks
  • blocks
  • glasshouses
  • gulags
  • oubliettes
  • reformatories

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • outsides
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