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prisonlike

prisonlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a prison.

Adjective

prisonlike (comparative more prisonlike, superlative most prisonlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a prison
    • “The prisonlike conditions, this form of detention, is not necessary,” said Michelle Brané, who heads the detention and asylum program at the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children.2007 February 22, Rachel L. Swarns, “2 Groups Compare Immigrant Detention Centers to Prisons”, in New York Times

Forms of prisonlike

comparativemore prisonlike
superlativemost prisonlike
alternative formprison-like

Origin of prisonlike

From prison + -like.

Questions about prisonlike

What does prisonlike mean?
Prisonlike means resembling or characteristic of a prison.
What part of speech is prisonlike?
Prisonlike is an adjective.

Words near prisonlike in the dictionary

  1. prisonize
  2. prisonized
  3. prisonizes
  4. prisonizing
  5. prisonless
  6. prisonlike
  7. prisonment
  8. prisonments
  9. prisonous
  10. prisons
  11. prisonsful

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