oubliette

noun

Definition of oubliettenext
as in dungeon

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Recent Examples of oubliette One is a stony oubliette with crystals growing out of the walls. — Erin Alberty, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for oubliette
  1. dungeon
  2. prison
  3. jail
  4. penitentiary
  5. jailhouse
  6. calaboose
  7. bastille
  8. stockade
Noun
  • There’s dungeons or the headsman’s block for someone with that many secrets to spill.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Ahlman goes for Dungeon Crawler Carl, a book series about a man and his ex’s cat having to compete in a dungeon crawl.
    — Daniel Strauss, Vanity Fair, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of dungeon
Noun
  • The rapper, born Kentrell Gaulden, was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison with credit for time served dating back to at least May 2024.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Clancy, who has pleaded not guilty to three counts of murder, could face life in prison if convicted.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of prison
Noun
  • Children taken into state care because the parents are sitting in jail unconvicted.
    — Kaitlin McCallum, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026
  • The ex-wife of Detroit rapper Eminem was sent to jail on Thursday after there were multiple bond violations, according to the Macomb County Prosecutor's Office.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of jail
Noun
  • Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, is set to die by lethal injection at the state’s penitentiary in rural McAlester.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • One of her clients has gone MIA from the state penitentiary – but how can a man go missing in prison?
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of penitentiary
Noun
  • Lavie appeared in a jailhouse-yellow shirt and blue pants and looked distressed throughout the hearing, nodding and gesturing to friends at times.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Disturbing jailhouse conversations don’t connect mother to murders Allegations of drug abuse and child neglect against Marcee Gray were already well established by the time her son Colt entered guilty pleas on 55 counts.
    — Isabel Rosales, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of jailhouse
Noun
  • Heritage Village includes an 1881 two-cell calaboose from Mokena, the 1856 Wells Corner one-room schoolhouse from Homer Glen, the 1863 Greenho farmhouse from Crest Hill, the 1881 Wabash railroad depot from Symerton and a Lockport smokehouse.
    — Jessi Virtusio, Chicago Tribune, 11 May 2022
  • Lachenais was arrested and secured in the local calaboose, but a vigilance committee descended upon the jail and tore Lachenais out of his cell.
    — Yxta Maya Murray, Longreads, 19 Aug. 2020
Definition of calaboose
Noun
  • For his part, Bowie celebrated the election by joining forces with John Barleycorn and evicting the residents of the local bastille.
    — Robert Kolarik, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Feb. 2018
  • In these wet, wooden bastilles in New York waters, more Americans died than in all the battles of the Revolutionary War combined.
    — Benedict Cosgrove, Smithsonian, 13 Mar. 2017
Definition of bastille
Noun
  • At the time, Epstein was serving his 18-month sentence in the Palm Beach County stockade but was allowed to spend 12 hours a day, six days a week, in his office under a work-release program his attorneys had negotiated.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress but at West Eighth and Colorado streets.
    — Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 22 Mar. 2026
Definition of stockade

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“Oubliette.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oubliette. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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