jailhouse
/ˈdʒeɪlˌhaʊs/
noun
- A building where people are kept as punishment for a crime or while waiting for trial; a prison.
- The old jailhouse was turned into a museum.
- The movie is set in a crumbling jailhouse in the 1950s.
- He spent a night in the county jailhouse after the protest.
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