Cell and Tank

Cell

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

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Tank and cell are semantically related. (North American) in bullpen topic. In some cases you can use "Tank" instead a noun "Cell". informal substitute

Nearby Words: cellular, cellphone, celled

Tank

Tank noun - A cell for violent prisoners.

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Antonyms for Tank

Cell and tank are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cell" instead a noun "Tank".

Nearby Words: tanked, tanker, tankage, tanking

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How words are described

human	human cell	human tank
old	old cell	old tank
full	full cell	full tank
special	special cell	special tank
Other adjectives: similar, regular, holding, single, empty, small, powerful, actual, entire, real, large, little, tiny, black, main, new, titular, smaller, giant.

Both words in one sentence

Banks novel Consider Phlebas begins with Horza, the protagonist, manacled to the wall of a prison cell that is also a septic tank, and the sewage level is rising.

Source: From Bad To Worse / Literature
For Want of a Nail: In "Monica's Bad Day", her anger with a rude restaurant owner culminates in her throwing his cell phone into a fish tank.

Source: Series / Touched by an Angel
One of the prison rooms was called "Tank C" and only had one small shower at the end of the cell block for 44 man.

Source: Music / One Size Fits All

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