CELLBLOCK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cellblock mean? 

• CELLBLOCK (noun)
  The noun CELLBLOCK has 1 sense:

1. a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)

  Familiarity information: CELLBLOCK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELLBLOCK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

cellblock; ward

Hypernyms ("cellblock" is a kind of...):

block (housing in a large building that is divided into separate units)

Meronyms (parts of "cellblock"):

cell; jail cell; prison cell (a room where a prisoner is kept)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cellblock"):

death house; death row (the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution)

Holonyms ("cellblock" is a part of...):

prison; prison house (a correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment)