prison
🇺🇸
/ˈprɪzn/
🇬🇧
/ˈprɪzn/
noun
A2
A place where people are kept as punishment for crimes.
He went to prison for stealing.
A2
The system of keeping people in prisons.
Some people think prison helps stop crime.
R
A place or situation you cannot leave.
His sick room felt like a prison.
translation
A place where people are kept as punishment for crimes.; The system of keeping people in prisons.; A place or situation you cannot leave.
Word Forms
Plural
prisons