noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person with whom one shares a prison cell.

Synonyms

All synonyms

cellycelly

Example

More examples

"Tom's cellmate is serving a life sentence."

Etymology

From cell + -mate.

Related phrases

prison bitch

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