death rows
death rows is the plural of death row.
Meaning of death row
Noun
death row (countable and uncountable, plural death rows)
- 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
Questions about death rows
- What is death rows the plural of?
- Death rows is the plural of death row.
Words near death rows in the dictionary
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