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Meanings of dungeon in English

Portuguese
torre de menagem
Spanish
mazmorra
Wikidata

The main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress.

        torre de menagem
        Russian
        ублиет
        Portuguese
        masmorra
        Catalan
        masmorra
        Spanish
        celda
        Wikidata

        Room or cell in which prisoners are held, usually during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

              ублиет
              Wikidata

              Room used in the context of the BDsM subculture.

                    Usage of dungeon in English
                    1
                    There is little more change in the dungeon than in the tomb.
                    The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
                    2
                    I have only to write the end-thelast scene in the dungeon.
                    The Journal of Arthur Stirling : ("The Valley of the Shadow")
                    3
                    I began to make my way through the dungeon, room by room.
                    Ready Player One
                    4
                    Clearing each dungeon opens up additional content, including shops, bars, and parks.
                    Wired
                    5
                    The Thunder had ceased to roll: Universal silence reigned through the dungeon.
                    The Monk: A Romance
                    6
                    Keep the gates shut and the entrance to the dungeon closed fast.
                    Herodias
                    7
                    A sigh was the only answer from the depth of the dungeon.
                    The Fair Maid of Perth; Or, St. Valentine's Day
                    8
                    For centuries the building had served as a dungeon and torture chamber.
                    The hangman's daughter
                    9
                    The priest stopped in a small dungeon and held up his candle.
                    The Innocents Abroad
                    10
                    Gregory says, 'We thought the king had committed him to some dungeon.'
                    Wolf hall
                    11
                    Power and authority destroy more Christs than the dungeon and the stake.
                    King of the Jews: A story of Christ's last days on Earth
                    12
                    This time we spent fourteen days in the dungeon for our pains.
                    Seven Wives and Seven Prisons / Or, Experiences in the Life of a...
                    13
                    The fair ladye protested that she would not stay in her dungeon.
                    Two Little Knights of Kentucky
                    14
                    A thick and pestilential fog clouded the height of the vaulted dungeon.
                    The Monk: A Romance
                    15
                    He passed the dungeon level of the castle with its stone caves.
                    Map of bones
                    16
                    They took me to an underground dungeon cut in the solid rock.
                    The Clue of the Twisted Candle
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                    Translations for dungeon
                    Catalan
                    masmorra
                    Dungeon through the time
                    Dungeon across language varieties
                    United Kingdom
                    Common
                    United States of America
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