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The correct spelling is jail.
How to pronounce jail
/dʒeɪl/
nounIPA: /dʒeɪl/
Say it like: Jay-l
The correct spelling is jail. 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.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.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.
- 2.Confinement in a jail.
- 3.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).
- 4.In dodgeball and related games, the area where players who have been struck by the ball are confined.
- 5.(FreeBSD) A kind of sandbox for running a guest operating system instance.
verb
- 1.To imprison.
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