jailhouse

Other forms of jailhouse

plural

jailhouses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about jailhouse

What does jailhouse mean?

jailhouse means "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)".

How many syllables are in jailhouse?

jailhouse has 2 syllables: jail-house. The stress falls on "jail". In IPA it is /ˈdʒeɪlˌhaʊs/.

What is another word for jailhouse?

Close synonyms include jail, gaol, clink, slammer, poky. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is jailhouse a common word?

jailhouse is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with jailhouse?

37 words rhyme with jailhouse. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.