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Word entry · 4 letters

jail

Best crossword clue

"Place of confinement"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /d͡ʒeɪl/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aijlStarts with JEnds with L1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English gayole, borrowed from Anglo-Norman jaiole, from Late Latin caveola, from Latin cavea (“cage”) + -ola (diminutive ending). Doublet of caveola and related to cage. More at cajole.

Used in a sentence

  • serve time in jail
  • released from jail
  • jail sentence

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