Term: house of correction: (formerly) a jail or other place of detention for persons convicted of minor offences
Candidate hypernym: jail: a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) → 1
Candidate hypernym: deconstruction: a philosophical theory of criticism (usually of literature or film) that seeks to expose deep-seated contradictions in a work by delving below its surface meaning → 0
Candidate hypernym: sex offender: someone who has been convicted of a sex crime → 0
Candidate hypernym: deerstalker: a tight-fitting hat with visors front and back; formerly worn by hunters → 0
Candidate hypernym: borderland: district consisting of the area on either side of a border or boundary of a country or an area → 0
Candidate hypernym: birth-control campaigner: a social reformer who advocates birth control and family planning → 0
Candidate hypernym: bullion: a mass of precious metal → 0
Candidate hypernym: piston ring: seal consisting of a split metal ring that seals the gap between a piston and the cylinder wall → 0
Candidate hypernym: anomaly: deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule → 0
Candidate hypernym: temperature: the somatic sensation of cold or heat → 0
Candidate hypernym: word finder: a thesaurus organized to help you find the word you want but cannot think of → 0