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If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell.
Barry McGuigan

Meaning of "padded cell" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PADDED CELL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PADDED CELL

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conjunction
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Padded cell is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PADDED CELL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Padded cell

A padded cell is a cell in a psychiatric hospital with cushions lining the walls. The padding is an attempt to prevent a patient from hurting themselves by hitting their head on the hard surface of the walls. In most cases, the person placed in a padded cell is compelled to be there. A padded cell is sometimes colloquially known as a "rubber room".

Definition of padded cell in the English dictionary

The definition of padded cell in the dictionary is a room, esp one in a mental hospital, with padded surfaces in which violent inmates are placed.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PADDED CELL

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padded bra
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padder
paddies
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paddle
paddle boat
paddle one´s own canoe
paddle steamer
paddle wheel
paddle worm
paddleball
paddleboard
paddlefish
paddler
paddling pool
paddock
paddock-basher
paddy

WORDS THAT END LIKE PADDED CELL

blood cell
brain cell
cell
death cell
dry cell
egg cell
electrolytic cell
fuel cell
germ cell
jail cell
mast cell
primary cell
red blood cell
secondary cell
solar cell
somatic cell
standard cell
stem cell
unit cell
wet cell
white blood cell

Synonyms and antonyms of padded cell in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «padded cell» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PADDED CELL

Find out the translation of padded cell to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of padded cell from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «padded cell» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

填充单元格
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

celda acolchada
570 millions of speakers

English

padded cell
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गद्देदार सेल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خلية مبطن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

проложенный клеток
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cela acolchoada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যাডেড সেল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cellule capitonnée
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sel berlapis
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Gummizelle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

パッド入りのセル
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

패딩 셀
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sel berlapis
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tế bào đệm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Padded செல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅड सेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yastıklı hücre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cella imbottita
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

klamek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прокладений клітин
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

celulă capitonată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παραγεμισμένο κελί
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opgestopte sel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vadderad cell
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polstret celle
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of padded cell

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PADDED CELL»

The term «padded cell» is regularly used and occupies the 72.615 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about padded cell

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2 QUOTES WITH «PADDED CELL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word padded cell.
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Barry McGuigan
If somebody had told me in the 1980s that Gerry Adams would shake hands with Ian Paisley or Peter Robinson I would have said put that man in a white suit and lock him up in a padded cell.
2
David Mitchell
The art of the novelist is not unrelated to the illness of multiple personality disorder. It's a much milder form. But the better the book, the nearer to the padded cell you are.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PADDED CELL»

Discover the use of padded cell in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to padded cell and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Padded Cell
Although this book targets people with disabilities themselves and will hopefully make people refocus upon their accomplishments and equality, I really think that people without disabilities who read my ideas will develop a sincere ...
Michael Alan Northrop, 2005
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From My Padded Cell... .
Leslie A. Osborne. MY / ' K A __,PAD DE ' 'r . CELL. ., ' E ILLUSTRATIONS BY 6R 66 W \ From Padded Cell. . . Fmm My Padded Cell. . Front Cover.
Leslie A. Osborne, 2005
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IS Management Handbook, 8th Edition
These complementary tools are honey pot systems, padded cell systems, and vulnerability assessment tools. It is important to understand how these products differ from conventional IDSs. Honey Pot and Padded Cell Systems Honey pots are ...
Carol V. Brown, Heikki Topi, 2003
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Codename: Rosemary
Then, before long, the orderlies got to the padded-cell ward, and since the place only had a few patients, and even then, had since moved away from using said padded-cells and restraints such as strait-jackets on even their most violent ...
William J. Smith, 2012
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A Security Framework for Mobile Agent Systems
Here the padded cell concept is given to execute instructions inside a safe interpreter and block out the unsafe instructions. The master interpreter either gives it pseudo-instructions to complete the process instead of the real instruction (that is ...
Omer Mansoor Paracha, 2009
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Lone Witness to a Murder
Doctor Franklin is a well-respected doctor who works at the local insane asylum.One night, he gets into a fight with his live-in girlfriend, Nancy Walker.The fight escalates until Doctor Franklin pulls out a gun and kills Ms.Walker.Just as ...
William J. Smith, 2012
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Escape from Nowhere Island
she first saw the boys standing there, in the padded-cell with us. “Hey, Carol Anne, did you think we would let this opportunity to see our little sister go to waste ?”, William asked Carol Anne, as he and Theodore went over and gave Carol Anne ...
William J. Smith, 2010
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Principles of Information Security
A class of powerful security tools that go beyond routine intrusion detection is known variously as honeypots, honeynets, or padded cell systems. To understand why these tools are not yet widely used, you must first understand how they differ ...
Michael Whitman, Herbert Mattord, 2011
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CISSP: Certified Information Systems Security Professional ...
Padded Cells A padded cell system is similar to a honeypot, but it performs intrusion isolation using a different approach. When an IDS detects an intruder, that intruder is automatically transferred to a padded cell. The padded cell has the look ...
James M. Stewart, Mike Chapple, Darril Gibson, 2012
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My Wounds Have Made Me Well
—C. S. Lewis Sometimes when we go through trials, we feel like we are in a padded cell. It is padded for our safety, but we can become strengthened by our wounds to try and get out of our cell, to find a solution for ourselves. I was in a padded ...
Ruth Morgan Reynolds, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PADDED CELL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term padded cell is used in the context of the following news items.
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Assassin's Creed Syndicate's lead actors test their real world …
We were in a big padded cell, everything was captured 360° and then they get to choose all their camera angles and all their lighting post ... «Digital Trends, Jul 15»
2
Q.U.B.E: Director's Cut Review
Waking up in the aftermath of an unexplained incident, Q.U.B.E begins with you stationed in what appears to be a padded cell. Before you can ... «We Got This Covered, Jul 15»
3
Bill Carmichael: Hollande leads Europe's descent into madness
You might think this chap must be occupying a padded cell – but he is not. Instead he is resident in the Elysée Palace in Paris and is none other ... «Yorkshire Post, Jul 15»
4
Wayward Pines - Ep 9 Review - A Reckoning
Episode 8: I love the flashback to Kate's first days in Wayward Pines when she's in a white padded cell screaming “I want to get out of this town! «Three If By Space, Jul 15»
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Hastings on Food
... although be careful not to do it waiting in line at the ATM or somewhere you might be placed in a strait jacket and thrown into a padded cell. «News24, Jul 15»
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A Magna Carta for learning disabled people
She was held in a 'safe room', which amounted to a padded cell with a tiny, bare patch of outdoor space. She was not allowed a bed, slept on a ... «Open Democracy, Jul 15»
7
Tuesday morning blotter
According to Floyd County Jail reports, 33-year-old Terry Marcus Highfield was told to go into a padded cell but became physically aggressive ... «WRGA Rome's Newstalk, Jul 15»
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A day in the life of the sheriff
... several issues, including the attempted escape of an inmate and the medical needs of a mentally ill inmate housed nude in a padded cell. «The Herald Bulletin, Jul 15»
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Brownwood Bulletin: Man allegedly choked woman, struck jailer
Rice walked along as a jailer escorted the man to a padded cell. The man struck the jailer in the face with an elbow, and Rice and other jailers ... «KTXS, Jul 15»
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Donald Trump leads Jeb Bush, rest of GOP presidential field in new …
If you believe their rhetoric, I'll give you a key to your own padded cell. Corporations pay big money to fight the votes in Washington of any ... «SaintPetersBlog, Jul 15»

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