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holding cells

n. (holding cell English)

Usage examples of "holding cells".

Five of the other six still function as holding cells for those times that Father or I have found it convenient to keep one or more of our captives alive.

Difficult as it was to believe, the scoundrel had actually been largely responsible for breaking Kira and the others from their holding cells.

Behind the cargo hold were the five holding cells with steel doors.

They have been known to vanish without a trace from maximum-security holding cells.

He had been alone in the office all day, and there hadn't been any prisoners in the three holding cells since early last week.

It showed the space they called Large Primate Containmenta euphemism for the Black Labs and holding cells set up for human experimentation.

The holding cells here were built on the same pattern as those at Sing-Sing.

When Terrell had taken Sisko to Jeraddo to search for the lost Orb, she had imprisoned Odo and the others in a holographic version of Odo's security holding cells.

If Tris has really gone round the bend, they can help, and if not, he's bound to wind up in one of their holding cells sleeping it off.