BORSTAL meaning: Reform school for young offenders

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Borstal: Merriam-Webster
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borstal: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Borstal, borstal: Wiktionary
Borstal: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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Borstal (disambiguation), Borstal: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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borstal: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (UK) A way up a hill in the South Downs.
▸ noun:  (historical) Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
▸ noun:  (British, Ireland) Any institution which provides education to young offenders.
▸ noun:  A suburb, formerly a village, in Rochester, Medway borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ7366).

Similar:

bostal, bergh, Downs, brook, Burdon's Hotel, South Downs, rise, burgh, Bordon, Boulton, more...

Opposite:

parole, probation, freedom

Types:

reform school, prison, jail, penitentiary, lockup, more...

Phrases:

Borstal Boy, more...

Adjectives:

open, closed, english, good, pre, particular, local, british, new, old, female

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