death row

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

   Synonymsdeath house

   Broadercellblock

Questions about death row

What does death row mean?

death row means "the cellblock in a prison where those condemned to death await execution".

What is another word for death row?

Close synonyms include death house. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is death row a common word?

death row is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.