Definitions for prison

prison pris·on

Spelling: [priz-uh n]
IPA: /ˈprɪz ən/

Prison is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 113 anagrams from letters in prison (inoprs).

Definitions for prison

noun

  1. a building for the confinement of persons held while awaiting trial, persons sentenced after conviction, etc.
  2. state prison.
  3. any place of confinement or involuntary restraint.
  4. imprisonment.

Origin of prison

before 1150; Middle English prison, earlier prisun Old French, variant of preson imprisonment, a prison Latin pre(hē)nsiōn- (stem of prehēnsiō) a seizure, arrest, equivalent to prehēns(us) (p

Examples for prison

I fancied it in the fields, in the gardens, in the palace, in the prison.

There was a lot of prison fiction from movies and books to mine.

When Chérif got out of prison, he worked at the fish counter of a supermarket.

The ranges are wide enough, but they're a prison just the same.

Policemen on the show joke about prison riots, bomb threats, and the shooting of unarmed civilians.

If nobody on the outside will send Teresa money, should she learn a prison hustle?

If a call come to a man in prison it will be by an angel who can let him out.

One or two were in prison of whom when she left she was in great hope.

He leaves the prison gates, he makes his way to his old home, but his old home is not there.

You get these high-profile people that go into prison, and the staff abuse their authority.

Word Value for prison
Scrable

8

Words with friends

10

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