dungeon

noun

Definition of dungeonnext
as in jail
a dark underground space in a castle used for keeping prisoners The king threw them into the dungeon.

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Recent Examples of dungeon Gregory Scharpen’s soundscapes are particularly nuanced in a dungeon scene and with rioters outside the palace walls. — Charles Lewis Iii, Mercury News, 24 July 2026 And worse, relegated to the proverbial dungeon or more accurately, the back of a bedside table drawer. — Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 Prison life hasn't been easy on Otto, who has dungeon hair, sunken eyes and a scraggly beard. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 29 June 2026 The men escape, but their frantic exit leads them through the gruesome Terminus food-supply dungeon, where fresh corpses hang on meathooks. — Ew Staff, Entertainment Weekly, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dungeon
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dungeon
  1. jail
  2. prison
  3. cage
  4. brig
  5. tank
  6. penitentiary
  7. coop
Noun
  • His mother was held in jail overnight before being released Thursday on $75,000 bail, officials said.
    — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Having already served a yearlong jail sentence for an Orinda bank robbery in 2018, Luchin was indicted last year on charges of attempting to rob three San Francisco banks in the same day.
    — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of jail
Noun
  • Linares-Rea faces up to 20 years in prison for each wire fraud count and two years for each identity theft count, prosecutors said.
    — Doug Myers, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Sandford pleaded guilty to federal firearm and disruption charges and was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of prison
Noun
  • Hunt and her team eventually traced the genetic changes to a new cleaning method eroding the polycarbonate cages that housed the animals.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The bike arrives fully equipped, with Tektro hydraulic disc brakes, integrated lights, full fenders, a rear cargo rack, and a bottle-cage mount.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of cage
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  • Cruise ships have brigs – or onboard jails – where they may be held, or they could be confined to their cabins, The Points Guy reported.
    — Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 July 2026
  • Word around baseball is all the losing has turned the Mets clubhouse, which has already been fractured these past couple years, into a joyless brig.
    — Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
Definition of brig
Noun
  • The soldiers sent back an empty tank shell and a video thanking him.
    — Isabelle Chapman, CNN Money, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Satellite images showed a fire at a tank in the 400,000 barrel-a-day complex in late July after the Houthis claimed to have attacked.
    — Sara Gharaibeh, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of tank
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  • On this day in 1934, Alcatraz welcomed its first civilian prisoners, a group of 14 from the federal penitentiary on McNeil Island, Washington.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • From 1873 to 1991, the island served as Costa Rica’s principal penitentiary, where some of the country’s worst criminals were sent to serve often short and torturous sentences.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026
Definition of penitentiary
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  • The virus is shed in wild bird saliva, nasal secretions and feces, so even droppings near the coop can carry it.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026
  • Replace bedding completely, deep-clean the coop floor, walls, roosts and boxes, inspect hardware cloth and latches and check each bird individually for signs of illness or injury.
    — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 30 June 2026
Definition of coop

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