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PRISON CELL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does prison cell mean?
• PRISON CELL (noun)
The noun PRISON CELL has 1 sense:
1. a room where a prisoner is kept
Familiarity information: PRISON CELL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A room where a prisoner is kept
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("prison cell" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prison cell"):
bullpen; detention cell; detention centre (a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily)
cooler; tank (a cell for violent prisoners)
dungeon (a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined)
guardroom (a cell in which soldiers who are prisoners are confined)
hold; keep (a cell in a jail or prison)
sweatbox (small or narrow cell)
Holonyms ("prison cell" is a part of...):
cellblock; ward (a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells))
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