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death row

noun

  1. a row of prison cells for prisoners awaiting execution.


death row

noun

  1. the part of a prison where those sentenced to death are confined


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Word History and Origins

Origin of death row1

First recorded in 1950–55

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Example Sentences

Brown had been serving a life sentence; McCollum had been on Death Row.

After 15 years on Death Row, that was commuted to two life sentences.

The same McCollum who DNA evidence just cleared after he spent 30 years of his life on death row.

A CNN ‘Death Row Stories’ documentary airing Sunday asks: Can American voters put a stop to our need for vengeance?

This, of course, was untreated until he reached death row, after which he became a “model inmate.”

Nakapúga ang bitayúnun, The prisoner escaped from death row.

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