Cellblock

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates.

    "The cellblock where the men were held was close enough to the holding tank, where the women were all kept together, for us to hear much of what happened there."

  2. 2
    a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells) wordnet

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"The cellblock where the men were held was close enough to the holding tank, where the women were all kept together, for us to hear much of what happened there."

Etymology

From cell + block.

Related phrases

jail cellprison cell

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