Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun newgate
1 sense of newgate
Sense 1
Newgate -- (a former prison in London notorious for its unsanitary conditions and burnt down in riots in 1780; a new prison was built on the same spot but was torn down in 1902)
INSTANCE OF=> prison, prison house -- (a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment)