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Dungeon

Dungeon Definition And Meaning
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.

Dungeon Definition And Meaning

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

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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