Definition of jail Jail
/ʤejˈl/ - [jeyl] - jail
We found 12 definitions of jail from 7 different sources.
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What does jail mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: jails |
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| jail - a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) | ||
| jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey | ||
| correctional institution a penal institution maintained by the government | ||
| bastille a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) | ||
| holding cell a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial | ||
| hoosegow, hoosgow slang for a jail | ||
| house of correction (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences | ||
| lockup jail in a local police station | ||
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Wiktionary 
- jail (Noun)
A place for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. - jail (Noun)
Confinement in a jail. - jail (Noun)
The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time usually 30 days. - jail (Verb)
To imprison.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- jail (n.)
A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding. - jail (v. t.)
To imprison.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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jail
A place in which individual persons have restricted personal freedom. -
jail
Putting someone in prison or in jail.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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jail
jāl, n. a prison.—ns. Jail′-bird, Gaol′-bird, a humorous name for one who is or has been confined in jail; Jail′er, Gaol′er, one who has charge of a jail or of prisoners, called also a turnkey; Jail′-fē′ver, Gaol′-fē′ver, typhus fever, so called because once common in jails.—Break jail, to force one's way out of prison; Commission of Jail Delivery, one of the commissions issued to judges of assize and judges of the Central Criminal Court in England. [O. Fr. gaole (Fr. geôle)—Low L. gabiola, a cage, dim. of Low L. gabia, a cage, a corr. of cavea, a cage—L. cavus, hollow.]
Wikipedia 
- A jail (sometimes spelled gaol) is a protected place where people are locked up. The police or other, similar groups that are meant to protect people, are in charge of it.
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