Home › Words › C › cellblockcellblockcellblock means A wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates.EtymologyFrom cell + block.nounA wing of a prison containing cells for the inmates.e.g.“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.” — 1983 December 24, Larry Goldsmith, “Cops Bust 70 Anti-Nuke Demonstrators”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 23, page 6:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cellhouse 72% match — One of the buildings in a prison that contains cells for the inmates; cellblock. vs cellblock →cellbound 69% match — Confined to a prison cell. vs cellblock →celling 66% match — confinement in a cell vs cellblock →lockup 63% match — A jail cell; a period of incarceration in such a cell; a facility containing such cells. vs cellblock →celly 61% match — A cellmate. vs cellblock →prisonhouse 60% match — The main building of a prison. vs cellblock →cellmate 60% match — A person with whom one shares a prison cell. vs cellblock →compound 57% match — An enclosure within which workers, prisoners, or soldiers are confined. vs cellblock →