Jail vs. Lockup
Jailnoun
A place or institution for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody or detention, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
Jailnoun
(uncountable) Confinement in a jail.
Jailnoun
(horse racing) The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
Jailnoun
In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
Jailnoun
A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
Jailverb
To imprison.
Jailnoun
A kind of prison; a building for the confinement of persons held in lawful custody, especially for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
Jailverb
To imprison.
Jailnoun
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)
Jailverb
lock up or confine, in or as in a jail;
Lockupnoun
(slang) A jail cell, or a period of incarceration.
Lockupnoun
A storage unit with a door secured by a padlock or deadbolt; a garage
Lockupnoun
(mechanical engineering) A condition in which one or more of a vehicle's wheels suddenly cease to rotate due to the application of excessive brake force, causing the affected wheel(s) to skid.
Lockupnoun
(computing) A condition where a system stops responding to inputs; a freeze.
Lockupnoun
A device for locking type into position for printing.
Lockupnoun
A fixed layout involving one or more logos and possibly related text.
Lockupnoun
A place where persons under arrest are temporarily locked up; a watchhouse; a jail.
Lockupnoun
The act or state of temporary imprisonment in a lockup{1}.
Lockupnoun
A malfunction in a machine having moving parts, such that the moving part cannot move; a seizure.
Lockupnoun
jail in a local police station
Lockupnoun
the act of locking something up to protect it
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