Thesaurus: dungeon

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1. n. A close, dark prison, common/, under ground, as if the lower apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons.
2. v. t. To shut up in a dungeon.
3. n. the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
4. n. a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
5. A close, dark prison, commondonjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons. Down with him even into the deep dungeon. Tyndale. Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. Macaulay. To shut up in a dungeon. Bp. Hall.
6. A close, dark prison, commondonjon or keep of a castle, thesebeing used as prisons.Down with him even into the deep dungeon. Tyndale.Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. Macaulay.
7. n:100 n. a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined