death house
Prison's lethal chamber
A death house is the section of a prison where inmates awaiting execution are held, containing death row cells and typically the execution chamber itself.
The term emphasizes the building's grim purpose: He spent his final hours in the death house.
Sometimes used more broadly for any place associated with death or killing.
- gas chamberSealed execution room using poison
- gallowsExecution hanging apparatus
- mausoleumMonumental building for interment
- morgueCorpse holding facility
- ossuaryReceptacle for skeletal remains
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death housematernity ward
Hospital section for childbirth
birthing center · hospital · neonatal unit · nursery · rehabilitation center
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Imagined perfect residence
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Hospital room for childbirth
maternity hospital · cradle · boarding school · children's home · orphanage
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