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Noun: jail cell
  1. A room where a prisoner is kept
    "The inmate spent 23 hours a day in his jail cell";
    - cell, prison cell, peter [Austral, NZ, informal]

Derived forms: jail cells

Type of: room

Part of: cellblock, ward

Encyclopedia: Jail cell