"detention home" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: detention homes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} detention home (plural detention homes)
  1. (US) An institution in which juvenile offenders are temporarily housed. Tags: US Synonyms: remand home [UK] Related terms: detention centre, remand centre
    Sense id: en-detention_home-en-noun-QuE0KqLT Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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