tyrmä — meaning in English

English meaning

• Bastille noun A fortress or prison, especially one associated with harsh or unjust treatment of its inmates.
• cell noun The smallest basic unit of a living organism, capable of growing and reproducing itself.
• dungeon noun A dark, often underground prison cell, typically found beneath an old castle.
• jail noun A building where people are held in custody, typically for short sentences or while awaiting trial.
• prison noun A secure institution where people are held, usually as punishment after being convicted of a serious crime, or while awaiting trial.

Senses

tyrmä is used for these senses in English:

• bastille A jail or prison, especially one regarded as mistreating its prisoners.
• cell A room in a prison or jail for one or more inmates. [from 18th c.]
• dungeon An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
• jail A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
• prison A place or institution where people are held against their will, in the US especially for long-term confinement, as of those convicted of serious crimes or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.

Bastille — full definition

1. noun A fortress or prison, especially one associated with harsh or unjust treatment of its inmates.
2. noun Capitalized: the Bastille, a Paris fortress-prison whose storming by an angry crowd in 1789 marked the start of the French Revolution.

cell — full definition

1. noun The smallest basic unit of a living organism, capable of growing and reproducing itself.
2. noun A small locked room in a prison or police station.
3. noun A device that stores electrical energy, used alone or grouped into a battery.
4. noun A small group forming part of a larger, often secretive, organization.

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