dungeon
(noun) a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
keep, donjon, dungeon
(noun) the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
Source: WordNet® 3.1
dungeon (plural dungeons)
An underground prison or vault, typically built underneath a castle.
(obsolete) The main tower of a motte or castle; a keep or donjon.
(obsolete) A shrewd person.
(games) An area inhabited by enemies, containing story objectives, treasure and bosses.
(BDSM) A room dedicated to sadomasochistic sexual activity.
• oubliette
dungeon (third-person singular simple present dungeons, present participle dungeoning, simple past and past participle dungeoned)
(transitive) To imprison in a dungeon.
Source: Wiktionary
Dun"geon, n. Etym: [OE. donjoun highest tower of a castle, tower, prison, F. donjon tower or platform in the midst of a castle, turret, or closet on the top of a house, a keep of a castle, LL. domnio, the same word as LL. dominus lord. See Dame, Don, and cf. Dominion, Domain, Demesne, Danger, Donjon.]
Definition: A close, dark prison, commondonjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons. Down with him even into the deep dungeon. Tyndale. Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. Macaulay.
Dun"geon, v. t.
Definition: To shut up in a dungeon. Bp. Hall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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