Usually means: Temporary confinement area for detainees.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (holding cell)

▸ noun:  A cell in a police station or courthouse in which a prisoner is held temporarily, pending charge, trial or sentencing.

Similar:
detention cell, cell, watchhouse, jail cell, lockup house, house of detention, jailcell, cellhouse, police station, jail, more...

Opposite:
release, freedom, liberation, discharge

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Similar:
detention cell, cell, watchhouse, jail cell, lockup house, house of detention, jailcell, cellhouse, police station, jail, more...

Opposite:
release, freedom, liberation, discharge



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