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English
Etymology
From cell + block.
Noun
cellblock (plural cellblocks)
- A wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates.
1983 December 24, Larry Goldsmith, “Cops Bust 70 Anti-Nuke Demonstrators”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 6:The cellblock where the men were held was close enough to the holding tank, where the women were all kept together, for us to hear much of what happened there.
Translations
a wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates
— see also pavilion