Death House (Noun)
Meaning
The cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The death house was a place of eerie silence, where the condemned spent their final days in solitude.
- He had been on death row for over a decade, but it wasn't until he was transferred to the death house that reality set in.
- The prison's death house was a separate wing, isolated from the rest of the facility to minimize disruptions.
- As the execution date drew near, the inmate was moved from the general population to the death house for closer monitoring.
- The death house was a bleak and foreboding place, with cold concrete walls and steel bars that seemed to close in on the prisoners.