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The section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: death house
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cellblock, ward
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
死囚牢房
(sǐqiú láofáng)
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Danish:
dødsgang
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Esperanto:
mortpuna prizono
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Esperanto:
mortokoridoro
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Finnish:
kuolemanjono
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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French:
couloir de la mort
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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German:
Todestrakt
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Hebrew:
אגף הנידונים למוות
(agáf hanidoním lamávet)
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Hungarian:
siralomház
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Indonesian:
tempat para terpidana mati
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Italian:
braccio della morte
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Japanese:
死刑囚監房
(shikeishū kanbō)
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Korean:
사형수
(sahyeongsu)
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Polish:
cela śmierci
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Portuguese:
corredor da morte
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Russian:
ка́мера сме́ртников
(kámera smértnikov)
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Spanish:
corredor de la muerte
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Spanish:
pabellón de los condenados a muerte
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
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Swedish:
dödscell
— section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death
