GAOL as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) gaol is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)

GAOL as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • The suspects were imprisoned without trial
    • the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
    Hypernyms(s) gaol is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)