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cellblocks

cellblocks is the plural of cellblock.

Meaning of cellblock

Noun

cellblock (plural cellblocks)

  1. 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.1983 December 24, Larry Goldsmith, “Cops Bust 70 Anti-Nuke Demonstrators”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 6

Questions about cellblocks

What is cellblocks the plural of?
Cellblocks is the plural of cellblock.

Words near cellblocks in the dictionary

  1. cellarwoman
  2. cellarwomen
  3. cellary
  4. Cellas
  5. cellblock
  6. cellblocks
  7. cellbound
  8. cellco
  9. cellcos
  10. Celle
  11. celled

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