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BORSTAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does borstal mean?
• BORSTAL (noun)
The noun BORSTAL has 1 sense:
1. formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison
Familiarity information: BORSTAL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("borstal" is a kind of...):
reform school; reformatory; training school (correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders)
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