Usually means: Temporary housing for juvenile offenders.
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  1. detention home: Merriam-Webster
  2. detention home: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. detention home: Collins English Dictionary
  4. detention home: Vocabulary.com
  5. detention home: Wiktionary
  6. detention home: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. detention home: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. detention home: Dictionary.com
  9. detention home: Rhymezone
  10. detention home: FreeDictionary.org
  11. detention home: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. detention home: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  (US) An institution in which juvenile offenders are temporarily housed.

Similar:
house of detention, juvenile hall, youth detention center, detention centre, juvenile detention centre, detention cell, lockup house, jail, holding cell, retention, more...

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house of detention, juvenile hall, youth detention center, detention centre, juvenile detention centre, detention cell, lockup house, jail, holding cell, retention, more...



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