calabozo — meaning in English

English meaning

• brig noun A sailing ship with two masts, both square-rigged.
• 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.

Senses

calabozo 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.
• 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.
• prison cell The room to which a prisoner is confined in 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.

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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