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cellblock en · NOUN

Etymology

From cell + block.

Meanings

  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. 1983 December 24, Larry Goldsmith, “Cops Bust 70 Anti-Nuke Demonstrators”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 6:

Forms

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cell block alternative lexicographic
cellblocks Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

prison cell · jail cell

Translations (5)

pl blok (a wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates) · de Zellenblock (a wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates) · fr bloc de cellules (a wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates) · es bloque de celdas (a wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates) · fi selliosasto (a wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates)