How do you say prison in British?
Google Ngram Viewer (for the “British English” corpus) shows that gaol was more popular than jail until the mid-19th century, that the two words were used with broadly similar frequency from then until the mid-20th century, and that now jail is the most common spelling.
What is the meaning of prison?
1 : a state of confinement or captivity. 2 : a place of confinement especially for lawbreakers specifically : an institution (such as one under state jurisdiction) for confinement of persons convicted of serious crimes — compare jail. prison. verb.
What’s another word for prison?
other words for prison
- confinement.
- jail.
- lockup.
- penitentiary.
- cooler.
- dungeon.
- keep.
- pen.