dungeon
- dungeon
Synonyms and related words:
POW camp, bastille, black hole, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, cell, concentration camp, condemned cell, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, donjon, federal prison, forced-labor camp, gaol, guardhouse, house of correction, house of detention, industrial school, internment camp, jail, jailhouse, keep, labor camp, lockup, maximum-security prison, minimum-security prison, oubliette, pen, penal colony, penal institution, penal settlement, penitentiary, prison, prison camp, prisonhouse, reform school, reformatory, sponging house, state prison, stockade, stronghold, the hole, tollbooth, training school, vault
Moby Thesaurus.
Grady Ward.
1996.
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Dungeon! — is a 1975 adventure board game designed by David R. Megarry, Gary Gygax, Michael Gray, Steve Winter and S. Schwab, published by TSR, Inc.[1] Dungeon! simulates some aspects of the Dungeons Dragons (D D) role playing game which was released the… … Wikipedia
Dungeon — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda La palabra inglesa dungeon («mazmorra», «calabozo») puede referirse a: Juegos de rol y de tablero Dungeons Dragons, un juego de rol de 1974, considerado como el primer juego de rol de la historia en ser… … Wikipedia Español
Dungeon — (engl. „Kerker“, „Verlies“) steht für: Dungeon (Rollenspiel) als Spielbegriff vor allem in Rollenspielen Dungeon (Computerspiel), ein bestimmtes Rollenspiel von Don Daglow, 1975 oder 1976 für PDP 10 Dungeon (PLATO), ein Maze Spiel von John… … Deutsch Wikipedia
dungeon — dun geon (d[u^]n j[u^]n), n. [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.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dungeon — [sprich: Dandschen, dt. Verlies], allgemein Bezeichnung für eine große Gruppe von Computerspielen (Spiel), deren Handlung im Wesentlichen darin besteht, dass man in einem unterirdischen Labyrinth etwa in den Verliesen unter einer alten Burg… … Universal-Lexikon
Dungeon — Dun geon, v. t. To shut up in a dungeon. Bp. Hall. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Dungeon — Adventures, le plus souvent appelé Dungeon, est un magazine visant des lecteurs intéressés par les jeux de rôles, et plus particulièrement par Donjons et dragons. A l origine, il fut publié par TSR, Inc. en 1986, comme un magazine bimensuel. Il… … Wikipédia en Français
dungeon — [dun′jən] n. [ME dongoun < OFr donjon, prob. < Frank * dungjo, earth covered cellar for storing fruits: see DUNG] 1. DONJON 2. a dark underground cell, vault, or prison vt. Rare to confine in a dungeon … English World dictionary
dungeon — c.1300, great tower of a castle, from O.Fr. donjon great tower of a castle (12c.), from Gallo Romance *dominionem, from L.L. dominium, from L. dominus master (of the castle; see DOMAIN (Cf. domain)). Sense of castle keep led to strong… … Etymology dictionary
dungeon — [n] prison cell, oubliette, torture chamber, vault; concepts 439,449,516 … New thesaurus
dungeon — ► NOUN ▪ a strong underground prison cell, especially in a castle. ORIGIN Old French, probably originally with the sense lord s tower , from Latin dominus lord … English terms dictionary
