holding cell

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   a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial

   Broaderjail

Questions about holding cell

What does holding cell mean?

holding cell means "a jail in a courthouse where accused persons can be confined during a trial".

Is holding cell a common word?

holding cell is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.