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cell block

nounB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A cell block is one wing of locked rooms inside a prison. Move him to another cell block.

Prisons are divided into them so that trouble in one does not reach the rest. A cell block develops its own character, and staff will tell you which is which.

John Hill · CC BY-SA 4.0

Definitions of cell block

  1. 1nouncell blockOne wing of locked rooms inside a prison.B2

    “The whole cell block was locked down for a week.”

cell block is a wing.

Where it comes from

cellblock comes from cell + block.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Crime & Law

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