STOCKADE Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

stockade

noun

stä-ˈkād

Definition of stockade

as in penitentiary

a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody prisoners of war confined in a stockade

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Recent Examples of stockade Fort Massac on the Ohio River waterfront is a faithful reconstruction of an 1802 American fort built on the site of a French stockade erected in 1757 to safeguard the region from British invasion during the French & Indian War. — Joe Yogerst, Forbes.com, 28 July 2025 During the Civil War, a deadline was a line of demarcation around the inner stockade of a prison camp, generally about 17 feet. — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 June 2025 The first was named after the legislature of the Texas Republic, although the first capitol, a log structure tucked behind a defensive stockade, rose not on Congress, but at West Eighth and Colorado streets. — Michael Barnes, Austin American-Statesman, 3 Sep. 2024 Buildings that were part of the stockade were then dismantled, and the wood planks were reused to build homes located throughout Marietta. — Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 15 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for stockade

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Noun

Mexico has 276 prisons, including 14 federal penitentiaries and 249 state prisons.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Prisoners from this penitentiary were enlisted to help build the state’s capitol building just a few miles away in downtown Boise.

— Mindy Sink, Denver Post, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of penitentiary

Noun

The 911 call recordings, as reported by the Associated Press, showed that first responders and prison officials did not know whether a request for emergency help from within the execution chamber was legitimate.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 13 Oct. 2026
Eady-Williams sentenced Pham and Salerno to life in prison without possibility of parole for the murder charges.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of prison

Noun

Cruise ships have brigs – or onboard jails – where they may be held, or they could be confined to their cabins, The Points Guy reported.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 15 July 2026
Word around baseball is all the losing has turned the Mets clubhouse, which has already been fractured these past couple years, into a joyless brig.

— Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026

Definition of brig

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