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DEATH ROW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does death row mean? 

DEATH ROW (noun)
  The noun DEATH ROW has 1 sense:

1. the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await executionplay

  Familiarity information: DEATH ROW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEATH ROW (noun)


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 row" is a kind of...):

cellblock; ward (a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells))


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