English Explanatory Dictionary

detention centre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A facility in which people are detained (held in custody); a jail.
  2. An immigration detention facility; a facility in which people who have attempted to enter Australia without prior authorisation are detained, pending a decision on whether they are to be accepted as refugees or returned to their country of origin.
  3. A concentration camp.

Pronunciation

EN-AU ck1 detention centre.ogg

Word forms

detention centre detention centres

Derived words

juvenile detention centre youth detention centre

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 關押中心 /关押中心 Dutch: detentiecentrum Finnish: pidätyskeskus Indonesian: rumah tahanan Polish: ośrodek detencyjny
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