Prison vs Sweatbox - What's the difference?
prison | sweatbox |
A place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes, or otherwise considered undesirable by the government.
(uncountable) Confinement in prison.
(colloquial) Any restrictive environment, such as a harsh academy or home.
Any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco
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(US, slang) A prison cell
(slang) A small nightclub packed to capacity where people get hot and sweaty.
As nouns the difference between prison and sweatbox
is that prison is a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes, or otherwise considered undesirable by the government while sweatbox is any box or boxlike structure used to induce sweating, such as of hides or tobacco.As a verb prison
is to imprison.prison
English
(wikipedia prison)Noun
- The cold stone walls of the prison had stood for over a century.
- Prison was a harrowing experience for him.
- The academy was a prison for many of its students because of its strict teachers.