About The Word Dungeon
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What's The Definition Of Dungeon?
[n] a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
[n] the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress Synonyms | Synonyms for Dungeon: donjon | keep Related Terms | Find terms related to Dungeon: bastille | black hole | borstal | borstal institution | bridewell | brig | cell | concentration camp | condemned cell | death cell | death house | death row | detention camp | donjon | federal prison | forced-labor camp | gaol | guardhouse | house of correction | house of detention | industrial school | internment camp | jail | jailhouse | keep | labor camp | lockup | maximum-security prison | minimum-security prison | oubliette | pen | penal colony | penal institution | penal settlement | penitentiary | POW camp | prison | prison camp | prisonhouse | reform school | reformatory | sponging house | state prison | stockade | stronghold | the hole | tollbooth | training school | vault See Also | castle | cell | fastness | jail cell | oubliette | prison cell | stronghold Dungeon In Webster's Dictionary \Dun"geon\, n. [OE. donjoun highest tower of a castle,
tower, prison, F. donjon tower or platform in the midst of a
castle, turret, or closet on the top of a house, a keep of a
castle, LL. domnio, the same word as LL. dominus lord. See
{Dame}, {Don}, and cf. {Dominion}, {Domain}, {Demesne},
{Danger}, {Donjon}.]
A close, dark prison, common?, under ground, as if the lower
apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being
used as prisons.
Down with him even into the deep dungeon. -- Tyndale.
Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. --
Macaulay.
\Dun"geon\, v. t. To shut up in a dungeon. --Bp. Hall. |
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