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reform school

re·form school
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-fawrm skool]
    • /rɪˈfɔrm skul/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-fawrm skool]
    • /rɪˈfɔrm skul/

Definitions of reform school words

  • noun reform school reformatory (def 2). 1
  • noun reform school correctional facility for young offenders 1
  • variable noun reform school A reform school is a kind of prison for young criminals, who are not old enough to be sent to ordinary prisons. 0
  • noun reform school a correctional or penal institution for young adults or teenagers, esp males 0
  • abbreviation REFORM SCHOOL reformatory (sense 2) 0
See all 5 definitions of reform school

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Origin of reform school

First appearance:

before 1855
One of the 30% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1855-60

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Parts of speech for Reform school

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Reform school

reform school popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for reform school

noun reform school

  • borstal — In Britain in the past, a borstal was a kind of prison for young criminals, who were not old enough to be sent to ordinary prisons.
  • correctional facility — A correctional facility is a prison or similar institution.
  • detention center — A detention center is a sort of prison, for example, a place where people who have entered a country illegally are kept while a decision is made about what to do with them.
  • detention home — a place where juvenile offenders or delinquents are held in custody, esp. temporarily pending disposition of their cases by the juvenile court
  • house of correction — a place for the confinement and reform of persons convicted of minor offenses and not regarded as confirmed criminals.
All 7 Synonyms of reform school

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