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cell
Part of speech: NounA small room in a monastery, convent, or prison; a small cavity or hole; a tiny mass of living matter forming one of the units of every living body.
Usage examples "cell":- She said to him: " We must not forget Saint Anthony's cell." - "The Red Lily, v2", Anatole France.
- After so many years of misfortune and of work, to have been free as a bird, superhumanly happy, and to return to one's cell! - "Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings", Mary F. Sandars.
- Ladies sent flowers to the condemned man's cell. - "Revenge!", by Robert Barr.