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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   confinement in a cell in-compounds, uncountable

   "The prison was so crowded that they had to resort to double celling and then triple celling."

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of cell form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

prison celladytumanatomyanimal cellapartmentashram

Example

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"The prison was so crowded that they had to resort to double celling and then triple celling."

Etymology

From cell + -ing.

Related phrases

single-celling

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