Padded cell

Padded cell

A padded cell is a cell in a mental hospital with cushions lining the walls; this is done for the patients who want to commit suicide. The pads prevent the patients from hurting themselves by hitting their heads on the hard cement walls.

A padded cell is sometimes colloquially known as a 'rubber room'. [ [http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/dictionary/rubber_room/ "rubber room" definition from Double-Tongued Dictionary ] ]

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* [http://www.thetimechamber.co.uk/Sites/Hospital/History/Padded%20Cell.php TheTimeChamber] - History and photographs of Padded Cells in Great Britain


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  • padded cell — n. a cell, or room, for the confinement of violent patients or prisoners, lined with heavy, soft material as a protection against injury …   English World dictionary

  • padded cell — n a special room in a hospital for people who are mentally ill. The room has thick soft material on the walls so that the person in it cannot get hurt …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • padded cell — noun count a room in a hospital for mentally ill people, with soft material on the walls so that they cannot hurt themselves …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • padded cell — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms padded cell : singular padded cell plural padded cells a room in a hospital for mentally ill people, with soft material on the walls so that they cannot hurt themselves …   English dictionary

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  • padded cell — n. cell in prison or room in a mental institution with padded surfaces in which violent prisoners or patients are confined without risk of injuring themselves …   English contemporary dictionary

  • padded cell — a room, as in a mental hospital, with padded walls for the confinement of violent inmates. * * * …   Universalium

  • padded cell — noun (C) a special room with thick, soft walls in a mental hospital, used to stop people who are being violent from hurting themselves …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • padded cell — /pædəd ˈsɛl/ (say paduhd sel) noun a room in a mental hospital in which a violent patient is protected from self inflicted injury …  

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