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mechanics' institute

mechanics' institute noun: a kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men in Victorian-era Britain and its colonies, and often funded by local industrialists.

Noun

mechanics' institute (plural mechanics' institutes)

  1. (historical) A kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men in Victorian-era Britain and its colonies, and often funded by local industrialists.
    Synonyms:
    institute, mechanics' institution, school of arts

Synonyms of mechanics' institute

Forms of mechanics' institute

pluralmechanics' institutes

Questions about mechanics' institute

What does mechanics' institute mean?
Mechanics' institute means a kind of educational establishment originally formed to provide adult education, particularly in technical subjects, to working men in Victorian-era Britain and its colonies, and often funded by local industrialists.
What part of speech is mechanics' institute?
Mechanics' institute is a noun.
What is the plural of mechanics' institute?
The plural of mechanics' institute is mechanics' institutes.

Words near mechanics' institute in the dictionary

  1. mechanicoreceptors
  2. mechanicotherapeutic
  3. mechanicotherapeutics
  4. mechanicotherapy
  5. mechanics
  6. mechanics' institute
  7. mechanics' institution
  8. Mechanicsburg
  9. Mechanicsville
  10. Mechanicville
  11. mechanisable

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