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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The part of a prison for housing inmates who have received the death penalty.

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  • noun the section of a prison which houses those inmates who are sentenced to death

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  • noun the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution

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