All penitentiary synonyms

noun penitentiary

• house of detention — a place maintained by the civil authorities for persons charged with a crime, and sometimes for witnesses, awaiting trial.
• jail — a prison, especially one for the detention of persons awaiting trial or convicted of minor offenses.
• lockup — a jail, especially a local one for temporary detention.
• gs — Group Separator
• jailhouse — a jail or building used as a jail.
• bullpen — In baseball, a bullpen is an area alongside the playing field, where pitchers can practice or warm up.
• correctional facility — A correctional facility is a prison or similar institution.
• icebox — an insulated cabinet or chest with a partition for ice, used for preserving or cooling food, beverages, etc.
• big house — a penitentiary (usually preceded by the).
• hoosegow — a jail.
• g — the seventh letter of the English alphabet, a consonant.
• gaol — to take into or hold in lawful custody; imprison.
• guardhouse — a building used for housing military personnel on guard duty.
• bastille — a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
• calaboose — a prison; jail