"prison cell" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: prison cells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} prison cell (plural prison cells)
  1. The room to which a prisoner is confined in a prison. Categories (topical): Prison, Rooms Related terms: cellblock, holding cell, jail cell Translations (room to which a prisoner is confined): cel·la [feminine] (Catalan), 牢房 (láofáng) (Chinese Mandarin), 囚室 (qiúshì) (Chinese Mandarin), fængselscelle [common-gender] (Danish), cel (Dutch), selli (Finnish), cellule [feminine, often] (French), Gefängniszelle [feminine] (German), κελί φυλακής (kelí fylakís) [neuter] (Greek), börtöncella (Hungarian), за́творска ќе́лија (zátvorska ḱélija) [feminine] (Macedonian), herenga (Maori), rūma herenga (Maori), fengselscelle [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fengselscelle [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), cela [feminine] (Polish), cela [feminine] (Portuguese), тюре́мная ка́мера (tjurémnaja kámera) [feminine] (Russian), cela (Slovak), väzenská cela (Slovak), celda [feminine] (Spanish), calabozo [masculine] (Spanish), fängelsecell [common-gender] (Swedish), cell [common-gender] (Swedish), gayole [feminine] (Walloon), amigo (english: local prison) [masculine] (Walloon)

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          "sense": "room to which a prisoner is confined",
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          "sense": "room to which a prisoner is confined",
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