Meanings
plural death rows
- countableuncountableThe 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
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 死囚牢房
- 死囚牢房 (sǐqiú láofáng)section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Danish dødsgang
- dødsgangsection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Esperanto mortpuna prizono, mortokoridoro
- mortpuna prizonosection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
- mortokoridorosection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Finnish kuolemanjono
- kuolemanjonosection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
French couloir de la mort
- couloir de la mortsection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
German Todestrakt
- Todestraktsection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Hebrew אגף הנידונים למוות
- אגף הנידונים למוות (agáf hanidoním lamávet)section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Hungarian siralomház
- siralomházsection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Indonesian tempat para terpidana mati
- tempat para terpidana matisection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Italian braccio della morte
- braccio della mortesection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Japanese 死刑囚監房
- 死刑囚監房 (shikeishū kanbō)section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Korean 사형수
- 사형수 (sahyeongsu)section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Polish cela śmierci
- cela śmiercisection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Portuguese corredor da morte
- corredor da mortesection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Russian ка́мера сме́ртников
- ка́мера сме́ртников (kámera smértnikov)section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Spanish corredor de la muerte, pabellón de los condenados a muerte
- corredor de la muertesection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
- pabellón de los condenados a muertesection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
- estar en capillasection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
- capilla mortalsection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Swedish dödscell
- dödscellsection of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
Cite this entry
death row. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20row
“death row.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20row. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “death row,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/death%20row.
Source: death row on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.