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Meaning of "jail-like" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF JAIL-LIKE

jail-like  [ˈdʒeɪllaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF JAIL-LIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Jail-Like is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES JAIL-LIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of jail-like in the English dictionary

The definition of jail-like in the dictionary is resembling or characteristic of a jail.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH JAIL-LIKE


alike
əˈlaɪk
bird-like
ˈbɜːdˌlaɪk
childlike
ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk
dislike
dɪsˈlaɪk
godlike
ˈɡɒdˌlaɪk
homelike
ˈhəʊmˌlaɪk
human-like
ˈhjuːmənˌlaɪk
ladylike
ˈleɪdɪˌlaɪk
lifelike
ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk
like
laɪk
like-for-like
ˌlaɪkfəˈlaɪk
likes
ˈlaɪk
lookalike
ˈlʊkəˌlaɪk
soul-like
ˈsəʊlˌlaɪk
stone-like
ˈstəʊnˌlaɪk
summer-like
ˈsʌməˌlaɪk
sunlike
ˈsʌnˌlaɪk
unlike
ʌnˈlaɪk
virus-like
ˈvaɪərəsˌlaɪk
wandlike
ˈwɒndˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE JAIL-LIKE

jai
jai alai
Jai Hind
jail
jail cell
jail delivery
jail fever
jail sentence
jail term
jailable
jailbait
jailbird
jailbreak
jailbreaker
jailer
jaileress
jailhouse
jailless
jailor
jailoress

WORDS THAT END LIKE JAIL-LIKE

cell-like
cloth-like
daughter-like
forest-like
garden-like
guitar-like
hammer-like
jacket-like
jelly-like
jewel-like
metal-like
oil-like
ribbon-like
scale-like
shell-like
tail-like
there´s nothing like
village-like
water-like
winter-like
woman-like

Synonyms and antonyms of jail-like in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «jail-like» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF JAIL-LIKE

Find out the translation of jail-like to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of jail-like from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «jail-like» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

监狱般的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

carcelario
570 millions of speakers

English

jail-like
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

जेल की तरह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تشبه السجن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тюрьма , как
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prisão -like
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জেল-সদৃশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

prison comme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seperti penjara
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gefängnis - wie
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

刑務所のような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감옥 같은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jail-like
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà tù như
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சிறையில் போன்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जेल सारखी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hapis benzeri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

carcere -come
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jak więzienie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в´язниця , як
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

- închisoare ca
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φυλακή - όπως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tronk -agtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fängelse -liknande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fengsel lignende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of jail-like

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «JAIL-LIKE»

The term «jail-like» is normally little used and occupies the 124.115 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «JAIL-LIKE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «jail-like» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «jail-like» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about jail-like

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JAIL-LIKE»

Discover the use of jail-like in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to jail-like and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Jail: Managing the Underclass in American Society
Finally, seeking to maintain control in the face of an increasingly volatile situation, correctional administration in prisons has become more jail-like in its reliance on administrative discretion. Thus the routine punishment in supermax prisons of ...
John Irwin, 2013
2
Criminalizing the Seriously Mentally Ill: The Abuse of Jails ...
In addition to a worsening of their psychiatric symptoms, many seriously mentally ill individuals experience a worsening of their medical condition while in jail. Like other inmates they may also be exposed to potentially fatal tuberculosis and ...
Edwin Fuller Torrey, Joan Stieber, Jonathan Ezekiel, 1998
3
Me and the Orgone
But man, having fashioned himself a jail-like body, has imprisoned himself in jail- like cities and jail-like civilizations. Prisoners dream of freedom. They scheme about it and plan for it and once in a great, great while somebody actually escapes.
Orson Bean, 2000
4
William Faulkner and the Southern Landscape
The Yoknapatawpha County jail, like Lafayette County's former jail, is one block from the courthouse and sits diagonally across from what once was the town's principal inn.25 The fictional jail, like the county's old one, resembles a residence  ...
Charles Shelton Aiken, 2009
5
A CERTAIN RICH MAN
Go to jail like a gentleman, John Barclay, go to jail like a gentleman, and serve your Lord there like a man." "Damn cheerful you are, Watts," returned Barclay. " What a lot of Job's comforters you fellows have been this morning." He went on half ...
WILLIAM ALLEN WHITE, 1909
6
Grid Application Systems Design
FreeBSD also brings with it a jail-like concept, which allows one to create an isolated environment via software that allows each system to have its own virtual root, and processes running within this virtualized system would not have access to ...
April J. Wells, 2007
7
Imaginary Penalities
Not the sense of being in jail, like if I could go away like that like and not be in jail, like go somewhere on an island or a mountaintop or something and just think and really be able to just think and not [have] all these ... distractions. It's good [to  ...
Pat Carlen, 2013
8
Behind Bars: Inside Ontario's Heritage Gaols
Near the centre of town, and covering one such hill high above the Otonabee River, stand Peterborough's county courthouse and its former jail. Like most in Ontario, they have seen their share of controversial trials and morbid executions.
Ron Brown, 2006
9
Imprisoned Selves: An Inquiry Into Prisons and Academe
How is the jail like a school, and how is school like a jail? How is society like a jail? What is my primary story of prisons in relation to society, school and the self? " And finally, "What does a study of the jail contribute to teacher education ...
Carol A. Mullen, 1997
10
Hotel K: The Shocking Inside Story of Bali's Most Notorious Jail
Hotel K is the shocking inside story of the jail and its inmates, revealing the wild 'sex nights' organised by corrupt guards for the prisoners who have cash to pay, the jail's ecstasy factory, the killings made to look like suicides, the ...
Kathryn Bonella, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JAIL-LIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term jail-like is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Immigration Reform News Latest: ICE Reforms to Release Hundreds …
However, we remain strongly convinced that no family -- regardless of status -- should be housed in jail-like facilities for any length of time," the ... «Latin Post, Jul 15»
2
Members of Congress say release of detained mothers and children …
“We remain strongly convinced that no family – regardless of status – should be housed in jail-like facilities for any length of time,” they said in a ... «McClatchy Washington Bureau, Jul 15»
3
'Grave' fears for Altaf
I am living a jail-like life in Britain, but I did not give up and continued my struggle.” “I laid the foundation of MQM on 18th March 1984 to raise a ... «Pakistan Today, Jul 15»
4
Canadian-born, 'stateless' Deepan Budlakoti appeals immigration …
Budlakoti says the conditions imposed on him in April 2013 after spending almost four months in immigration detention are jail-like. Restrictions ... «Montreal Gazette, Jul 15»
5
Privately Owned Immigration Detention Facilities Are Tough for Kids
He described appalling conditions in the overcrowded, jail-like facility where people suffer from considerable delays in health care as they wait ... «Care2.com, Jul 15»
6
David Sweat claims relationship with breakout partner soured …
Sweat is in a jail-like section of the hospital, where there are at least two guards for each of the eight to 10 prisoners, said Dr. Dennis McKenna, ... «Gant Daily, Jul 15»
7
David Sweat claims he masterminded prison break
Sweat is in a jail-like section of the hospital, where there are at least two guards for each of the eight to 10 prisoners, said Dr. Dennis McKenna, ... «NBC2 News, Jul 15»
8
'Mansion Murders' argue for targeted immigration enforcement
... enforcement, continues to deport people for traffic violations and place thousands of small children and mothers in jail-like detention centers. «The Hill, Jun 15»
9
Israel intercepts Gaza-bound aid ship in Mediterranean
“It is a collective punishment of Palestinians, who live in jail-like conditions” that have contributed to the cycles of violence that have sparked ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jun 15»
10
Dems push to close immigrant detention centers
The lawmakers, newly returned from a visit to a pair of detention facilities in Texas, said the "jail-like" conditions pose psychological and other ... «The Hill, Jun 15»

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