Alcatraz in British English
(ˈælkəˌtræz)
noun
an island in W California, in San Francisco Bay: a federal prison until 1963
Alcatraz in American English
(ˈælkəˌtræz)
small island in San Francisco Bay: site of a federal prison (1934-63)
Word origin
after Sp Isla de Alcatraces, Island of PelicansImage ofAlcatraz
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- the department of the navy
- the depression
- the depths
- the depths of sth
- the depths of the forest/countryside
- the derby
- the dergue
- the desert rats
- the desired effect/result
- the deuce
- the devil
- the devil!
- the-devil
- the devil's own
- the devil take the hindmost
- the devil to pay
- the-devil-to-pay
- the devonian
- the dice are loaded against someone
- the dictates of one's conscience
- the die is cast
- the difference in size/colour
- the diggers
- the dingbats
- the dining/buffet car