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dungeon

[duhn-juhn] / ˈdʌn dʒən /
NOUN
prison
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In “Twenty-Sided Tavern,” there are three core actors playing and acting out the game, one dungeon master and a sort of tavern keeper helping to keep score and track of the story.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 10, 2025

And somewhere deeper still, a dwarf is gently stirring hot pot in a dungeon, seasoning monsters like it’s the most natural thing in the world.

From Salon • May 12, 2025

The closer we got to the dungeon, the more the administration building deteriorated.

From Slate • Oct. 20, 2024

Not another cooking game, but instead a new take on a dungeon crawler where you can team up with your friends to survive in a twisted reality show competition.

From BBC • Aug. 21, 2024

They had only just finished when the bell rang for the afternoon’s double Potions and they beat the familiar path down to the dungeon classroom that had, for so long, been Snape’s.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling