lockup house
1lockup — lock·up n 1: a cell or group of cells (as in a courthouse) or jail where persons are held prior to a court hearing compare house of correction, house of detention, jail …
2house of correction — house of correction: an institution where persons who have committed minor offenses and who are considered capable of reformation are confined compare house of detention, jail, lockup, penitentiary …
3house of detention — house of detention: a place where prisoners and occasionally witnesses are detained pending a trial compare house of correction, jail, lockup, penitentiary, prison …
4lockup — noun Eileen spent the night in lockup the lockup in this town is a historical landmark Syn: jail, prison, cell, detention center, jailhouse, penitentiary; informal slammer, jug, can, brig, clink, big house, cooler, hoosegow, cage, pen …
5lockup — Synonyms and related words: POW camp, bastille, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, caging, calaboose, can, cell, check, clink, concentration camp, condemned cell, confinement, constraint, cooler, coop, death cell, death… …
6lockup — n jail, jailhouse, station house, police station, Inf. clink, Inf. calaboose, Scot. tollbooth, Brit. Inf. bridewell, All Sl. can, cooler, coop, jug, hoosegow, drunk tank, booby hatch, poky, Brit. choky, Brit. quod; guardhouse, guardroom, brig;… …
7lockup — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, jail, prison. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. prison, jail, penitentiary; see jail . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house …
8house of correction — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal: lockup, pen3. Slang: big house, can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey1, slammer, stir2.… …
9Round House — The Round House (coord|32|3|22|S|115|44|29|E|type:landmark region:AU) is the oldest building still standing in Western Australia. [ [http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/viewplace.html?place seq=896 offset=1 view=description Heritage Council of… …
10big house — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. A place for the confinement of persons in lawful detention: brig, house of correction, jail, keep, penitentiary, prison. Informal: lockup, pen3. Slang: can, clink, cooler, coop, hoosegow, joint, jug, pokey1,… …
