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prisonhouse

prisonhouse noun: the main building of a prison.

Noun

prisonhouse (plural prisonhouses)

  1. The main building of a prison.

prisonhouse meaning in Sanskrit

prisonhouse in Sanskrit

prisonhouse, jail
कारागार kārāgārá

Forms of prisonhouse

pluralprisonhouses

Origin of prisonhouse

From prison + house.

Questions about prisonhouse

What does prisonhouse mean?
Prisonhouse means the main building of a prison.
What is prisonhouse in Sanskrit?
Prisonhouse in Sanskrit is कारागार (kārāgārá). See Prisonhouse meaning in Sanskrit.
What part of speech is prisonhouse?
Prisonhouse is a noun.
What is the plural of prisonhouse?
The plural of prisonhouse is prisonhouses.

Words near prisonhouse in the dictionary

  1. prisoners' bars
  2. prisonful
  3. prisonfuls
  4. prisonguard
  5. prisonguards
  6. prisonhouse
  7. prisonhouses
  8. prisoning
  9. prisonization
  10. prisonizations
  11. prisonize

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prisonhouse (page history and authors); कारागार (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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