казема́т — meaning in English
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English meaning
- prison noun A secure institution where people are held, usually as punishment after being convicted of a serious crime, or while awaiting trial.
Senses
казема́т is used for these senses in English:
- casemate (military) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.
- 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.
prison — full definition
- noun A secure institution where people are held, usually as punishment after being convicted of a serious crime, or while awaiting trial.
- noun Any situation or place that feels confining or inescapable, even without literal bars.
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