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death row

/ˈdɛθ ɹoʊ/

death row noun: the section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death.

Noun

death row (countable and uncountable, plural death rows)

  1. The section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death.
    • Reggie Clemons has one last chance to save his life. After 19 years on death row in Missouri for the murder of two young women, he has been granted a final opportunity to persuade a judge that he should be spared execution by lethal injection.2012 August 21, Ed Pilkington, “Death penalty on trial: should Reggie Clemons live or die?”, in The Guardian

death row meaning in Indonesian

death row in Indonesian

section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
tempat para terpidana mati

Forms of death row

pluraldeath rows

Questions about death row

What does death row mean?
Death row means the section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death.
What is death row in Indonesian?
Death row in Indonesian is tempat para terpidana mati. See Death row meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is death row?
Death row is a noun.
How do you pronounce death row?
Death row is pronounced /ˈdɛθ ɹoʊ/.
What is the plural of death row?
The plural of death row is death rows.

Words near death row in the dictionary

  1. death rides
  2. death riding
  3. death rode
  4. death roll
  5. death rolls
  6. death row
  7. death rows
  8. death save
  9. death saves
  10. death seat
  11. death seats

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