Definition of Prison cell

1. Noun. A room where a prisoner is kept.

Exact synonyms: Cell, Jail Cell
Specialized synonyms: Bullpen, Detention Cell, Detention Centre, Cooler, Tank, Dungeon, Guardroom, Hold, Keep, Sweatbox
Group relationships: Cellblock, Ward
Generic synonyms: Room
Derivative terms: Cellular

Definition of Prison cell

1. Noun. The room to which a prisoner is confined in a prison. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Prison Cell

prismatoidal
prismatoids
prismless
prismlike
prismoid
prismoidal
prismoids
prisms
prismy
prison
prison-bound
prison-breaking
prison bitches
prison camp
prison cell
prison cells
prison chaplain
prison chaser
prison chasers
prison farm
prison gang
prison gangs
prison guard
prison guards
prison house
prison labor
prison term
prisonbreak
prisoned

Literary usage of Prison cell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. History of Woman Suffrage by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan Brownell Anthony, Matilda Joslyn Gage (1887)
"... from a prison cell in Paris—Editorial from The Christian Inquirer—The Una, edited by Paulina Wright Davis—Constitutional Convention in 1853—Before the ..."

2. Juvenile Offenders by William Douglas Morrison (1897)
"... of privations— The discharged prisoner—Prison discipline should be synonymous with industrial discipline—The prison cell—Its effects on the mind—Short ..."

3. Juvenile Offenders by William Douglas Morrison (1897)
"... of privations— The discharged prisoner—Prison discipline should be synonymous with industrial discipline—The prison cell—Its effects on the mind—Short ..."

4. Juvenile Offenders by William Douglas Morrison (1896)
"... of privations— The discharged prisoner—Prison discipline should be synonymous with industrial discipline—The prison cell—Its effects on the mind—Short ..."

5. Martyrdom in Missouri: A History of Religious Proscription, the Seizure of by William M. Leftwich (1870)
"... Arrested and Thrown into Prison—Paper Suppressed—Dr. M'Anally in Prison—Malicious Persecution—prison cell 12x12 feet, with Eleven Men in It—Character of ..."

6. The Journal of Prison Discipline and Philanthropy by Pennsylvania Prison Society, Philadelphia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons (1880)
"I walked up and down, that prison cell, upon my word I could hear the deputy's words, over and over again, ' There is a man in you. ..."

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