Definition for Gaol:

• A prison for temporary confinement; a Jail; a place for the confinement ofoffenders against the law.There is said to be a distinction between " gaol" and " prison;" the former being aplace for temporary or provisional confinement, or forthe punishment of the lighter offenses and misdemeanors, while the latter is a place forpermanent or long-continued confinement, or for the punishment of graver crimes. Inmodern usage, this distinction is commonly taken between the words " gaol" and"penitentiary," ( or state's prison.) but the name " prison" is indiscriminately applied toeither.

Synonyms for Gaol:

• n.

  •artifact (noun)
  • jailhouse,
  • pokey,
  • poky,
  • clink,
  • slammer,
  • gaol,
  • jail.
  •gaol (noun)
  • imprison,
  • immure,
  • jug,
  • put away,
  • remand,
  • put behind bars,
  • lag,
  • incarcerate.
  •prison (noun)
  • cell,
  • manacle,
  • pillory,
  • keep,
  • penitentiary,
  • reform school,
  • stockade,
  • San Quentin,
  • pinion,
  • harness,
  • cage,
  • bridle,
  • oubliette,
  • fence,
  • cooler,
  • Alcatraz,
  • pen,
  • shackle,
  • dungeon,
  • brig,
  • lockup,
  • pound,
  • tether,
  • handcuff,
  • coop,
  • penal colony,
  • collar,
  • straight jacket,
  • confine,
  • vise,
  • reformatory,
  • bastille,
  • irons,
  • stronghold,
  • prison.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • death camp,
  • correctional facility,
  • detention center,
  • concentration camp,
  • labor camp,
  • gulag,
  • prison camp.
  •
  • boot camp.

Paraphrases for Gaol:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    prison, jail.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    detention, custody.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    imprisonment.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    incarceration, imprisonment.

Gaol Sentence Examples:

• I tell you, Valmai, he would be ruined and put in gaol for debt long ago if I wasn't keep him out of it.

• But the gaol, Hazari Sahib?

Hypernym for Gaol:

• n.

  • artifact
    hoosgow, house of correction, lockup, bastille, workhouse, holding cell, hoosegow.

Hyponym for Gaol:

• n.

  • artifact
    correctional institution.

• v.

  • social
    detain, confine.