Cell and Grave

Cell

Cell noun - An area within a building that has been set apart from surrounding space by a wall.

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Grave and cell are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Grave" instead a noun "Cell".

Nearby Words: cellular, cellphone, celled

Grave noun - A final resting place for a dead person.

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Cell and grave are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cell" instead a noun "Grave".

Nearby Words: gravely, gravel, graved, graver, graveled

old	old cell	old grave
particular	particular cell	particular grave
certain	certain cell	certain grave
separate	separate cell	separate grave
Other adjectives: original, proper, single, deep, empty, small, actual, dark, lonely, main, secret, new, makeshift, titular, said.

One of Escobar's mottoes is "Better a grave in Colombia than a cell in the United States." The only named character to suffer this fate is Carlos Lehder, who remains in prison to this day.

Source: Series / Narcos
Specifically, people put the deceased's cell phone in his/her coffin, taking into account the possibility of the deceased sending a message from the grave.

Source: Series / Death in Paradise
Better a grave in Colombia than a cell in the US.

Source: Series / Narcos

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