cell block

Or cell·block

[sel-blok]

noun

1. a unit of a prison consisting of a number of cells.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cell block¹

cell + block

Example Sentences

He wasn’t surprised when, about a year after he received Stern’s letter, a trailer for a show about him appeared on the TV in the cell block.

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Chambers recounted all this to me when I landed in his cell block that summer.

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He said usually that meant that guards would enter their cell block early in the morning to beat them.

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To tackle the problem, anti-drone grills are being fitted over cell block windows throughout the prison estate.

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We both reside in a cell block called East Wing.

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