Cellblock — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˌaʊnsɪlmˈænɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/kˈɒndɹəblˌast/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kˈɒndɹəblˌast/

2 syllables Say it as /kˌaʊnsɪlmˈænɪk/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

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Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Zellenblock

eine Abteilung eines Gefängnisses (meist bestehend aus mehreren Zellen)

🇫🇷French

bloc cellulaire

une division d'une prison (généralement composée de plusieurs cellules)

🇪🇸Spanish

bloque de celdas

una división de una prisión (generalmente consta de varias celdas)

🇮🇹Italian

blocco di celle

una divisione di una prigione (di solito composta da più celle)

🇳🇱Dutch

celblok

een afdeling van een gevangenis (meestal bestaande uit meerdere cellen)

🇵🇹Portuguese

bloco de celas

uma divisão de uma prisão (geralmente composta por várias celas)

🇷🇺Russian

тюремный блок

подразделение тюрьмы (обычно состоящее из нескольких камер)

India

🇮🇳Hindi

सेलब्लॉक

जेल का एक प्रभाग (आमतौर पर कई कोशिकाओं से मिलकर)

🇧🇩Bengali

সেলব্লক

একটি কারাগারের একটি বিভাগ (সাধারণত বেশ কয়েকটি কোষ নিয়ে গঠিত)

🇮🇳Tamil

செல் தடுப்பு

சிறையின் ஒரு பிரிவு (பொதுவாக பல செல்களைக் கொண்டது)

🇮🇳Telugu

సెల్‌బ్లాక్

జైలు యొక్క విభజన (సాధారణంగా అనేక కణాలను కలిగి ఉంటుంది)

🇮🇳Marathi

सेलब्लॉक

तुरुंगाचे विभाजन (सामान्यतः अनेक पेशी असतात)

🇮🇳Gujarati

સેલ બ્લોક

જેલનું વિભાજન (સામાન્ય રીતે ઘણા કોષોનો સમાવેશ થાય છે)

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸೆಲ್ಬ್ಲಾಕ್

ಜೈಲಿನ ಒಂದು ವಿಭಾಗ (ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಹಲವಾರು ಕೋಶಗಳನ್ನು ಒಳಗೊಂಡಿರುತ್ತದೆ)

🇮🇳Malayalam

സെൽബ്ലോക്ക്

ഒരു ജയിലിൻ്റെ ഒരു വിഭജനം (സാധാരണയായി നിരവധി സെല്ലുകൾ ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുന്നു)

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਸੈੱਲ ਬਲਾਕ

ਇੱਕ ਜੇਲ੍ਹ ਦੀ ਵੰਡ (ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਕਈ ਸੈੱਲ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ)

🇵🇰Urdu

سیل بلاک

جیل کی تقسیم (عام طور پر کئی خلیوں پر مشتمل)

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

细胞块

监狱的一个分区（通常由几个牢房组成）

🇯🇵Japanese

セルブロック

刑務所の区画（通常はいくつかの独房で構成される）

🇰🇷Korean

셀 블록

감옥의 구획(보통 여러 개의 감방으로 구성됨)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khối tế bào

một khu vực của một nhà tù (thường bao gồm nhiều phòng giam)

🇹🇭Thai

บล็อกเซลล์

การแบ่งเรือนจำ (มักประกอบด้วยหลายเซลล์)

🇮🇩Indonesian

blok sel

sebuah divisi penjara (biasanya terdiri dari beberapa sel)

🇲🇾Malay

sekatan sel

pembahagian penjara (biasanya terdiri daripada beberapa sel)

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

com.cellblock

تقسيم السجن (يتكون عادة من عدة زنازين)

🇮🇷Persian

بلوک سلولی

یک بخش از یک زندان (معمولاً شامل چندین سلول)

🇹🇷Turkish

hücre bloğu

bir hapishanenin bölümü (genellikle birkaç hücreden oluşur)

🇮🇱Hebrew

בלוק סלולרי

חלוקה של בית סוהר (בדרך כלל מורכב ממספר תאים)

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The primary meaning of 'cellblock' is 'a division of a prison (usually consisting of several cells)'.

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