REFORM SCHOOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reform school mean? 

• REFORM SCHOOL (noun)
  The noun REFORM SCHOOL has 1 sense:

1. correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders

  Familiarity information: REFORM SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REFORM SCHOOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

reform school; reformatory; training school

Hypernyms ("reform school" is a kind of...):

correctional institution (a penal institution maintained by the government)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reform school"):

borstal (formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison)