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Definition of "dungeon" []

  • A dark, often underground chamber or cell used to confine prisoners. (noun)
  • A donjon. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "dungeon" in a sentence
  • "Exchange Building it was, Isaac Hayne who was captured and put down there in what they called the dungeon, and hanged, I think."
  • ""When I was a SoBo we played in what we called a dungeon, but we always had it rocking," Range said."
  • "The occasional five-man dungeon is about the most I can manage."