Calaboose Synonyms

kăl'ə-bo͝os'

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Synonyms for Calaboose

prison
(Colloquial) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
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brig
(U.S. Navy) A place where offenders are temporarily confined, as on a warship
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house of correction
An institution for the confinement of persons convicted of minor criminal offenses.
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jail
(Uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
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keep
(Historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to keep, the word comes "from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
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lockup
(UK, chiefly) A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage
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pen
The definition of a pen is a small yard or animal enclosure, or an tool used to draw or write with ink.
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big house
A penitentiary.
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can
The definition of a can is a container normally made of metal with a lid.
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clink
A prison or a prison cell; a jail:
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cooler
(US, countable or uncountable) a mixed drink, especially one served chilled
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coop
Alternative spelling of co-op.
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hoosegow
(Old, Slang) A jail or guardhouse
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joint
(Geology) A fracture in which the strata are not offset; a geologic joint.
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jug
A sound meant to imitate a nightingale's note
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pokey
(Slang) A jail
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slammer
A person or thing that slams
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stir
Public disturbance or commotion; tumultuous disorder; seditious uproar.
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free
(Hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
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