Dictionary

reform school en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (dated) A penal institution for juveniles, especially males.
   • And through this one small error of judgment, Elwood’s life is changed when he is sent to a reform school called Nickel. 2019 July 26, Aminatta Forna, “The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead review”, in The Guardian:

Forms

Synonyms

borstal · residential school · reformatory

Translations (28)

bg изправителен дом (institution for juveniles) · pa ਸੁਧਾਰ ਘਰ (institution for juveniles) · ga scoil cheartúcháin (institution for juveniles) · it riformatorio (institution for juveniles) · el αναμορφωτήριο (institution for juveniles) · it casa di rieducazione (institution for juveniles) · hu javító-nevelő intézet (institution for juveniles) · sv ungdomsvårdsanstalt (institution for juveniles) · cmn 未成年犯管教所 (institution for juveniles) · es reformatorio (institution for juveniles) · de Erziehungsanstalt (institution for juveniles) · ro casă de corecție (institution for juveniles) · sv uppfostringsanstalt (institution for juveniles) · hu nevelőintézet (institution for juveniles) · cs polepšovna (institution for juveniles) · pl poprawczak (institution for juveniles) · pl dom poprawczy (institution for juveniles) · it correzionale (institution for juveniles) · cmn 感化院 (institution for juveniles) · hu javítóintézet (institution for juveniles) · fi nuorisovankila (institution for juveniles) · yue 感化院 (institution for juveniles) · ca reformatori (institution for juveniles) · sv ungdomsvårdsskola (institution for juveniles) · fr maison de redressement (institution for juveniles) · nl verbeteringsgesticht (institution for juveniles) · fr maison de correction (institution for juveniles) · pl zakład poprawczy (institution for juveniles)