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DETENTION CELL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
Synonyms:
bullpen; detention cell; detention centre
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("detention cell" is a kind of...):
cell; jail cell; prison cell (a room where a prisoner is kept)
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