Jail and Rack

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Jail noun - A place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody.

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Rack and jail are semantically related. in place for incarceration topic. In some cases you can use "Rack" instead a noun "Jail".

Nearby Words: jailed, jailer, jailing, jailor

Rack noun - A place set aside for sleeping.

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Jail and rack are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Jail" instead a noun "Rack".

Nearby Words: racked, racking

full	full jail	full rack
common	common jail	common rack
big	big jail	big rack
new	new jail	new rack
Other adjectives: local, bigger.

Mondegreen: Anyone else hear the "love a heartless jade" line from "When Jealous Torments Rack My Soul" as "love a heartless jail"?

Source: Theatre / The Yeomen of the Guard
The Dukes of Hazzard had an episode where Bo and Luke escaped from the Hazzard Jail by handcuffing Enos' hands to a chair (arms crossed) and gagged, then hung the chair on a coat rack mounted to the wall.

Source: Locked Up and Left Behind

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