PENAL FACILITY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an institution where persons are confined for punishment and to protect the public
   Synonym(s)
   • penal institution (what does penal institution mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) penal facility is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • institution (what does institution mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • brig (what does brig mean?)
   • concentration camp (what does concentration camp mean?)
   • stockade (what does stockade mean?)
   • correctional institution (what does correctional institution mean?)
   • penal colony (what does penal colony mean?)