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tollbooth
CIDE DICTIONARY
tollbooth, n. [Toll a tax + booth.] [Written also tolbooth.].
- A place where goods are weighed to ascertain the duties or toll. [1913 Webster]"He saw Levy . . . sitting at the tollbooth." [1913 Webster]
- In Scotland, a burgh jail; hence, any prison, especially a town jail. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
tollbooth, v. t.
To imprison in a tollbooth. [1913 Webster]
"That they might tollbooth Oxford men." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
tollbooth, n. (also tolbooth)
1 a booth at the roadside from which tolls are collected.
2 Sc. archaic a town hall.
3 Sc. archaic a town gaol.
1 a booth at the roadside from which tolls are collected.
2 Sc. archaic a town hall.
3 Sc. archaic a town gaol.
THESAURUS
tollbooth
Nissen hut, POW camp, Quonset hut, bastille, black hole, booth, borstal, borstal institution, bridewell, brig, cell, concentration camp, condemned cell, crib, death cell, death house, death row, detention camp, federal prison, forced-labor camp, gaol, gatehouse, guardhouse, house of correction, house of detention, hut, hutch, industrial school, internment camp, jail, jailhouse, keep, kiosk, labor camp, lean-to, lockup, maximum-security prison, minimum-security prison, oubliette, outbuilding, outhouse, pavilion, pen, penal colony, penal institution, penal settlement, penitentiary, prison, prison camp, prisonhouse, reform school, reformatory, sentry box, shack, shanty, shed, sponging house, stall, state prison, stockade, the hole, tollhouse, training schoolROGET THESAURUS
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Prison
N prison, prison house, jail, gaol, cage, coop, den, cell, stronghold, fortress, keep, donjon, dungeon, Bastille, oubliette, bridewell, house of correction, hulks, tollbooth, panopticon, penitentiary, guardroom, lockup, hold, round house, watch house, station house, sponging house, station, house of detention, black hole, pen, fold, pound, inclosure, isolation (exclusion), penal settlement, penal colony, bilboes, stocks, limbo, quod, calaboose, chauki, choky, thana, workhouse, Newgate, Fleet, Marshalsea, King's Bench, Queen's Bench, bond, bandage, irons, pinion, gyve, fetter, shackle, trammel, manacle, handcuff, straight jacket, strait jacket, strait-jacket, strait-waistcoat, hopples, vice, vise, yoke, collar, halter, harness, muzzle, gag, bit, brake, curb, snaffle, bridle, rein, reins, bearing rein, martingale, leading string, tether, picket, band, guy, chain, cord, cavesson, hackamore, headstall, jaquima, lines, ribbons, bolt, deadbolt, bar, lock, police lock, combination lock, padlock, rail, wall, stone wall, paling, palisade, fence, picket fence, barbed wire fence, Cyclone fence, stockade fence, chain-link fence, barrier, barricade, drag.Mart
N mart, market, marketplace, fair, bazaar, staple, exchange, change, bourse, hall, guildhall, tollbooth, customhouse, Tattersall's, stall, booth, stand, newsstand, cart, wagon, wharf, office, chambers, countinghouse, bureau, counter, compter, shop, emporium, establishment, store, department store, general store, five and ten, variety store, co-op, finding store, grindery warehouse, grocery, supermarket, candy store, sweet shop, confectionery, bakery, greengrocer, delicatessen, bakeshop, butcher shop, fish store, farmers' market, mom and pop store, dairy, health food store, tobacco shop, tobacco store, tobacconists, cigar store, hardware store, jewelry shop, bookstore, liquor store, gun shop, rod and reel shop, furniture store, drugstore, chemist's, florist, flower shop, shoe store, stationer, stationer's, electronics shop, telephone store, music store, record shop, fur store, sporting goods store, video store, video rental store, lumber store, lumber yard, home improvements store, home improvement center, gas station, auto repair shop, auto dealer, used car dealer, mall, suburban mall, commons, pedestrian mall, shopping street, surplus store, army-navy surplus store, auction, flea market, yard sale, garage sale, pawn shop, antiques store, second-hand store, second time around shop, thrift shop, warehouse, wareroom, depot, interposit, entrepot, market-overt, real-estate broker, vending machine.For further exploring for "tollbooth" in Webster Dictionary Online