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jail

/d͡ʒeɪl/noun, verb1 syllable

Jail means: lock up or confine, in or as in a jail.

Synonyms for jail14

noun, as in 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

verb, as in lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

imprison, incarcerate, lag, immure, put behind bars, jug, gaol, put away, remand

What does jail mean?2

verb

1

lock up or confine, in or as in a jail“The suspects were imprisoned without trial”

noun

1

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)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with jail?42

two syllables

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All 42 rhymes for jail, grouped by syllable

Jail in a sentence

  • By the time you get out of jail, she'll probably have gotten married.CS
  • Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.carlosalberto
  • Everyone in this cult wears orange clothes, just like in jail.Hybrid
  • If you keep doing what you're doing, you'll end up in jail.CM
  • In this job, one error would send you straight to jail.Amastan
  • Unfortunately, our father is not in heaven, but in a jail cell.AlanF_US
  • If you can't make bail, you'll have to stay in jail.Hybrid
  • If you aren't careful, you'll end up in jail.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of jail

as a noun

plural
jails

as a verb

past tense
jailed
present participle
jailing
third-person singular
jails
past participle
jailed