holding cell

collocation in English

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holding
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˈhəʊl.dɪŋ/us
/ˈhoʊl.dɪŋ/
In football, if a midfield player has a holding role, their main job is to help the defence rather than attack an ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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(Definition ofholdingandcellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The two women spend a night together in aholdingcell, where they finally bond.
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On arriving at the station house, he was strip-searched and put in aholdingcell.
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They are quickly caught by the local authorities and thrown in aholdingcell.
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It was rebuilt in 1766 with original wood used to construct aholdingcellin the tower.
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The two of them are put in aholdingcell.
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He is subdued by courthouse marshals and rushed back to hisholdingcell.
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Originally, a log stockade was directly behind the house and served as theholdingcellfor prisoners.
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They may share aholdingcellbehind the courtroom.
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While in aholdingcell, he said, he heard a man screaming and turned to look.
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Bond is imprisoned in aholdingcellbut manages to escape through a vent.
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The members met while stuck in a policeholdingcellover the weekend, and wrote a few songs while in jail.
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An angry crowd gathers to witness her transfer to a specially constructedholdingcell.
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There are two common pleas courtrooms and accompanying judicial offices located on the third floor as well as a jury assembly room,holdingcelland conference rooms.
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It contains six to eight holding cells, each capable of holding 20 prisoners by day and a smaller number by night, together with a similar number of individual cells.
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It involves taking the young offenders' fingerprints and taking them to the holding cells so that they feel what it is like to be locked up.
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There were eleven holding cells (ten for men and one, nicknamed the birdcage, for women).
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While in one of the holding cells, he refused to sit.
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She was informed of the outcome only while being led back to the holding cells, and was seen to stagger and almost fall with shock.
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At the base of the building is a parking garage and the temporary holding cells for prisoners.
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The station houses dozens of barred holding cells capable of holding numerous prisoners.
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