All calaboose synonyms

noun calaboose

• big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
• station house — a police station or fire station.
• pokey — a jail
• clink — If objects made of glass, pottery, or metal clink or if you clink them, they touch each other and make a short, light sound.
• hoosegow — a jail.
• brig — A brig is a type of ship with two masts and square sails.
• can — You use can when you are mentioning a quality or fact about something which people may make use of if they want to.
• cooler — A cooler is a container for keeping things cool, especially drinks.
• coop — A coop is a cage where you keep small animals or birds such as chickens and rabbits.
• house of correction — a place for the confinement and reform of persons convicted of minor offenses and not regarded as confirmed criminals.
• jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
• joint — the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture.
• penitentiary — a place for imprisonment, reformatory discipline, or punishment, especially a prison maintained in the U.S. by a state or the federal government for serious offenders.
• prison — a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
• tank — to put or store in a tank.
• house of detention — a place maintained by the civil authorities for persons charged with a crime, and sometimes for witnesses, awaiting trial.
• icebox — an insulated cabinet or chest with a partition for ice, used for preserving or cooling food, beverages, etc.
• slammer — a person or thing that slams.
• lockup — a jail, especially a local one for temporary detention.
• gaol — to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.