prison cell

noun

The room to which a prisoner is confined in a prison.

Similar
celljail cell
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Meanings

nounprison cell (plural prison cells)

plural prison cells

  1. The room to which a prisoner is confined in a prison.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna room where a prisoner is kept

Similar
celljail cell
Broader
room
Also see
cellholding celljail cell

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic زِنْزَانَة
  • زِنْزَانَة (zinzāna)room to which a prisoner is confined
Bulgarian килия
  • килия (kilija)room to which a prisoner is confined
Catalan cel·la
  • cel·laroom to which a prisoner is confined
Chinese Mandarin 監房 /监房, 牢房
  • 監房 /监房 (jiānfáng)room to which a prisoner is confined
  • 牢房 (láofáng)room to which a prisoner is confined
  • 囚室 (qiúshì)room to which a prisoner is confined
Danish fængselscelle
  • fængselscelleroom to which a prisoner is confined
Dutch cel
  • celroom to which a prisoner is confined
Finnish selli
  • selliroom to which a prisoner is confined
French cellule
  • celluleroom to which a prisoner is confined
German Gefängniszelle
  • Gefängniszelleroom to which a prisoner is confined
Greek κελί φυλακής
  • κελί φυλακής (kelí fylakís)room to which a prisoner is confined
Hungarian börtöncella
  • börtöncellaroom to which a prisoner is confined
Japanese 監房
  • 監房 (kanbō)room to which a prisoner is confined
Korean 감방
  • 감방 (gambang)room to which a prisoner is confined
Māori herenga, rūma herenga
  • herengaroom to which a prisoner is confined
  • rūma herengaroom to which a prisoner is confined
Norwegian Bokmål fengselscelle
  • fengselscelleroom to which a prisoner is confined
Polish cela
  • celaroom to which a prisoner is confined
Portuguese cela
  • celaroom to which a prisoner is confined
Russian тюре́мная ка́мера
  • тюре́мная ка́мера (tjurémnaja kámera)room to which a prisoner is confined
Slovak cela, väzenská cela
  • celaroom to which a prisoner is confined
  • väzenská celaroom to which a prisoner is confined
Spanish celda, calabozo
  • celdaroom to which a prisoner is confined
  • calabozoroom to which a prisoner is confined
Swedish fängelsecell, cell
  • fängelsecellroom to which a prisoner is confined
  • cellroom to which a prisoner is confined
Turkish hücre
  • hücreroom to which a prisoner is confined
Cite this entry
APA

prison cell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prison%20cell

MLA

“prison cell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prison%20cell. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prison cell,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prison%20cell.

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