Definition of dungeons Dungeons

/dʌˈnʤʌnz/ - [dunjunz] -

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What does dungeons mean?

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Noun Plural: dungeons
dungeon - a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
		jail cell, prison cell, cell (biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may form colonies or tissues as in higher plants and animals
dungeon - the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
		keep, donjon
		stronghold, fastness a strongly fortified defensive structure
		castle interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

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dungeon (Noun)
An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
dungeon (Noun)
The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.
dungeon (Noun)
An underground area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure and bosses.

dungeon (n.)
A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.
dungeon (v. t.)
To shut up in a dungeon.

dungeon
The principal tower or keep of a castle or fortress. It was so called either from being placed on a dun or elevation, natural or artificial, or because, from its position, it dominated or commanded the other parts of the fortress. From the circumstance that the lower or under-ground story of the donjon was used as a prison, has come the modern meaning of the word dungeon.
dungeon
(originally Donjon, which see). A prison; a dark and subterraneous cell or place of confinement.