gaol
🇺🇸
/dʒeɪl/
🇬🇧
/dʒeɪl/
noun
R
a place where people are kept as punishment for crimes
The criminal was sent to gaol for ten years.
verb
R
to put someone in prison as punishment
The judge decided to gaol the thief for six months.
translation
a place where people are kept as punishment for crimes
to put someone in prison as punishment
Word Forms
Plural
gaols
Perfect
gaoled
Past
gaoled
Progressive
gaoling
3rd Present
gaols