prison cell

collocation in English

meaningsofprisonandcell

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prison
noun
uk
/ˈprɪz.ən/us
/ˈprɪz.ən/
a building where criminals are forced to live as ...
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cell
noun[C]
uk
/sel/us
/sel/
the smallest basic unit of a plant ...
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(Definition ofprisonandcellfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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They did indeed know each other, having shared aprisoncellten years earlier after both being convicted of duelling.
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It came down to the difference between aprisoncelland a good life in which one occasionally gets angry about the refrigerator that keeps going on the blink.
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It is difficult to keep aprisoncellat an ideal temperature.
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About £70,000 to £80,000 is the capital cost per newprisoncelland £7,000 to £10,000 is the annual revenue cost.
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Those issues cannot be tackled within the confines of theprisoncell.
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He would not have me stand here and talk; he would have me in aprisoncellany day.
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The children are locked individually in the ordinary type of bare comfortlessprisoncellmeasuring about 7 ft.
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The only circumstances under whichprisoncellaccommodation could be considered unsuitable would be on medical grounds.
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He remains in aprisoncellovernight, presumably.
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Instead of being free to see a solicitor and find witnesses, he has to try to conduct his defence from aprisoncell.
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He had a fight in thatprisoncellon a very hot night after an argument had broken out.
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He talked about street corner toprisoncell—that awful downward cycle, when there is no early intervention with children.
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When he was there he was taken to aprisoncell; that was in the depths of the coldest weather of a very cold winter.
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He is taken in a cab to prison, his hair is cut close, and he is confined in aprisoncell.
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At the moment, it costs £1,000 a week to keep a person in aprisoncell.
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I was determined that that child should not go into aprisoncell.
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The wet canteen was like aprisoncell.
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Is there any necessity for waiting-rooms to be as bleak and comfortless as aprisoncell?
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That provision may be in the form of a hospital or aprisoncell.
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