The portion of a building, consisting of one or more rooms, occupied by one tenant or family. In later use chiefly Scottish: a dwelling that is one…

A cell: e.g. of an anchorite or hermit, in a convent or prison; a cell of a honeycomb. Obsolete.

transferred. A dungeon or prison-cell; spec. the name of one of the worst apartments in the Counter prison in Wood street, London. Cf. black hole, n.…

concrete. A ward in a hospital; a cell in a prison.

A prison-cell: = hole, n. 2b.

Any one of a number of chambers in a building, typically intended for or inhabited by a single person. A room for one or more inmates in a prison…

(a) a room where people are kept in temporary custody after arrest, esp. one at a courtroom or police station; (b) a storage room that can be…

(a) (See quot. 1845) (slang); (b) a receptacle (as a drawer, room, etc.) in which things are heaped together without any attempt at order or…

Prison; a prison cell; spec. (U.S.) a cell used for solitary confinement.

slang (originally British). A house or other dwelling; a room or establishment for accommodation or recreation; spec. (a) a drinking-place or…

(a) a narrow cell in which a prisoner is confined (slang); also U.S., a room in which a prisoner undergoes intensive questioning (see quot. 1931)…

slang (originally U.S.). A place of incarceration; a lock-up; a cell. Cf. booby, n.1 5 booby hatch, n. 2a. Now rare.

slang (originally Australian). A cell in a prison, police station, etc.; a lock-up, a prison.

slang (originally Australian). A cell, a lock-up; a prison. Cf. boob, n.1 2 booby hatch, n. 2 booby-hutch, n. 4. Now rare.

slang (chiefly U.S. and Australian). A cell, a lock-up; a prison; also without article, chiefly in in boob. Cf. booby, n.1 5.

rhyming slang for a prison cell. Also elliptical.

A prison cell; also, = cell, n.1 4b. Australian slang.