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DETENTION HOME
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Dictionary entry overview: What does detention home mean?
• DETENTION HOME (noun)
The noun DETENTION HOME has 1 sense:
1. an institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court)
Familiarity information: DETENTION HOME used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An institution where juvenile offenders can be held temporarily (usually under the supervision of a juvenile court)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
detention camp; detention home; detention house; house of detention
Hypernyms ("detention home" is a kind of...):
correctional institution (a penal institution maintained by the government)
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