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borstals

borstals is the plural of borstal.

Meaning of borstal

Noun

borstal (plural borstals)

  1. (UK) A way up a hill in the South Downs.
  2. (historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
    Synonyms:
    reformatory
  3. (Ireland, UK) Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
    • You have juvenile courts. Do you have borstal institutions for juveniles?2004, August 3, Speaker of the Kenyan National Assembly, Kenya National Assembly Official Record, Hansard, page 3126

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Questions about borstals

What is borstals the plural of?
Borstals is the plural of borstal.

Words near borstals in the dictionary

  1. borstal training
  2. Borstalian
  3. Borstalians
  4. borstall
  5. borstalls
  6. borstals
  7. Borsts
  8. Borsuk-Ulam theorem
  9. borszcz
  10. bort
  11. BORTAC

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