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DETENTION CENTRE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily
Synonyms:
bullpen; detention cell; detention centre
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("detention centre" is a kind of...):
cell; jail cell; prison cell (a room where a prisoner is kept)
Domain region:
Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
