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reformatory

/ɹɪˈfɔː(ɹ)mətəɹi/US/ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/

reformatory adjective: of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.

Adjective

reformatory (comparative more reformatory, superlative most reformatory)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
    • Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 49

Noun

reformatory (plural reformatories)

  1. A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
    • It was the nicest-looking property Elwood had ever seen—a real school, a good one, not the forbidding reformatory he’d conjured the last few weeks.2019, Colson Whitehead, The Nickel Boys, Fleet, page 45

reformatory meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Punjabi

reformatory in Tamil

சீர்திருத்த நிலையம்

reformatory in Urdu

تادیب خانہ

reformatory in Bengali

সংশোধনাগার

reformatory in Punjabi

reformatory
ਸੁਧਾਰ ਘਰ sudhār ghar

Synonyms of reformatory

All synonyms of reformatory

Forms of reformatory

Adjective
comparativemore reformatory
superlativemost reformatory
Noun
pluralreformatories

Questions about reformatory

What does reformatory mean?
Reformatory means of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
What is reformatory in Tamil?
Reformatory in Tamil is சீர்திருத்த நிலையம். See Reformatory meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is reformatory?
Reformatory can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce reformatory?
Reformatory is pronounced /ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/ (US).

Words near reformatory in the dictionary

  1. reformations
  2. reformative
  3. reformatively
  4. reformator
  5. reformatories
  6. reformatory
  7. reformats
  8. Reformatsky enolate
  9. Reformatsky enolates
  10. Reformatsky reaction
  11. Reformatsky reactions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: reformatory (page history and authors); reformatory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reformatory (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reformatory (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਸੁਧਾਰ ਘਰ (Punjabi) (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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