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DEATH HOUSE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does death house mean?
• DEATH HOUSE (noun)
The noun DEATH HOUSE has 1 sense:
1. the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution
Familiarity information: DEATH HOUSE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
death house; death row
Hypernyms ("death house" is a kind of...):
cellblock; ward (a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells))
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