cellblock

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cellblock

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From cell + block.

noun cellblocks · cell block

A wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates. The cellblock where the men were held was close enough to the holding tank, where the women were all kept together, for us to hear much of what happened there.

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noun a wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates

Español	bloque de celdas
Français	bloc de cellules
Deutsch	Zellenblock

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@misc{cellblock_2026,
  title = {cellblock},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cellblock},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}