Dictionary Entry
gaol
gaol is a 4-letter English word with 3 senses as noun and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 7 · 3 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
A place of confinement, especially for minor offenses or provisional imprisonment; a jail.
- 2noun
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)
- 3verb
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
"The suspects were imprisoned without trial"
"the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life"
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