noun
a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)
• Syn: ↑ward
• Hypernyms: ↑block
• Hyponyms: ↑death house, ↑death row
• Part Holonyms: ↑prison, ↑prison house
• Part Meronyms: ↑cell, ↑jail cell, ↑prison cell
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\\ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷\ noun : a group of cells constituting a subdivision of a prison
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/sel"blok'/, n.
a unit of a prison consisting of a number of cells.
[CELL1 + BLOCK]
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noun, pl -blocks [count]
: a group of prison cells that make up a section of a prison
Useful english dictionary. 2012.