Synonyms for house of correction
- noun
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A kind of residential penitentiary facility, built after the passing of the Elizabethan Poor Law (1601), where those who were "unwilling to work", including vagrants and beggars, were set to work.
Example sentences
- prison I hear he was released after five years in prison.
- jail It's been 10 days since my boyfriend went to jail.
- penitentiary Tom was imprisoned for life at a state penitentiary.
By length
- 4 letters
- jail1
- 6 letters
- prison2
- 12 letters
- penitentiary5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (prison2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- maison de correction