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тюрьма́ — meaning in English

tyurma

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English meaning

  • brig noun A sailing ship with two masts, both square-rigged.
  • jail noun A building where people are held in custody, typically for short sentences or while awaiting trial.
  • penitentiary noun A state or federal prison, especially one for people convicted of serious crimes.
  • prison noun A secure institution where people are held, usually as punishment after being convicted of a serious crime, or while awaiting trial.

Senses

тюрьма́ is used for these senses in English:

  • brig (US) A jail or guardhouse, especially in a naval military prison or jail on a ship, navy base, or (in fiction) spacecraft.
  • 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.
  • penitentiary (chiefly, US) A state or federal prison for convicted felons; (broadly) a prison.
  • 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 (uncountable) Confinement in prison.
  • quod (countable) A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a prison.

brig — full definition

  1. noun A sailing ship with two masts, both square-rigged.
  2. noun A prison on board a naval ship, or informally, any military jail.

jail — full definition

  1. noun A building where people are held in custody, typically for short sentences or while awaiting trial.
  2. verb To put someone in a jail or otherwise deprive them of freedom.

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