padded cell

pad cell

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pad sel]
- /pæd sɛl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [pad sel]
- /pæd sɛl/

Definitions of padded cell words

noun padded cell a room, as in a mental hospital, with padded walls for the confinement of violent inmates. 1
noun padded cell psychiatric hospital room with soft walls 1
noun padded cell computing: program limiting access of inexperienced user 1
noun Definition of padded cell in Technology Where you put lusers so they can't hurt anything. A program that limits a luser to a carefully restricted subset of the capabilities of the host system (for example, the "rsh" utility on USG Unix). Note that this is different from an iron box because it is overt and not aimed at enforcing security so much as protecting others (and the luser) from the consequences of the luser's boundless naivet'e (see naive). Also "padded cell environment". 1
countable noun padded cell A padded cell is a small room with padded walls in a mental hospital or prison, where a person who may behave violently can be put so that they do not hurt themselves. 0
noun padded cell a room, esp one in a mental hospital, with padded surfaces in which violent inmates are placed 0

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padded cell popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 70% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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Synonyms for padded cell

noun padded cell

booby hatch — a hoodlike covering for a hatchway on a ship
bughouse — a mental hospital or asylum
funny farm — a psychiatric hospital.
laughing academy — (Slang) A mental hospital.
loony bin — an insane asylum or the psychiatric ward of a hospital.

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