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detention home

detention home noun: an institution in which juvenile offenders are temporarily housed.

Noun

detention home (plural detention homes)

  1. (US) An institution in which juvenile offenders are temporarily housed.
    Synonyms:
    remand home

detention home meaning in Tamil

detention home in Tamil

தடுப்புக்காவல் இல்லம்

Synonyms of detention home

Forms of detention home

pluraldetention homes

Questions about detention home

What does detention home mean?
Detention home means an institution in which juvenile offenders are temporarily housed.
What is detention home in Tamil?
Detention home in Tamil is தடுப்புக்காவல் இல்லம். See Detention home meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is detention home?
Detention home is a noun.
What is the plural of detention home?
The plural of detention home is detention homes.

Words near detention home in the dictionary

  1. detention cells
  2. detention center
  3. detention centers
  4. detention centre
  5. detention centres
  6. detention home
  7. detention homes
  8. detention officer
  9. detention officers
  10. detention pond
  11. detention ponds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: detention home (page history and authors); detention home (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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