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English noun: detention centre

1. detention centre (artifact) a large cell where prisoners (people awaiting trial or sentence or refugees or illegal immigrants) are confined together temporarily


Synonymsbullpen, detention cell


Broader (hypernym)cell, jail cell, prison cell









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