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nounthe main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortresstype of:part of:
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nouna dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confinedtype of:
Definition that contains dungeon
- oubliette a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
- black hole of calcutta a dungeon (20 feet square) in a fort in Calcutta where as many as 146 English prisoners were held overnight by Siraj-ud-daula; the next morning only 23 were still alive