reformative, reformatory
(adjective) tending to reform; “reformative and rehabilitative agencies”; “reformatory punishment”
reformatory, reform school, training school
(noun) correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders
Source: WordNet® 3.1
reformatory (comparative more reformatory, superlative most reformatory)
Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
reformatory (plural reformatories)
A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
• (for juveniles): reform school, borstal, approved school, youth detention centre, juvenile hall, detention home
Source: Wiktionary
Re*form"a*to*ry (-t*r), a.
Definition: Tending to produce reformation; reformative.
Re*form"a*to*ry, n.; pl. -ries (-r.
Definition: An institution for promoting the reformation of offenders. Magistrates may send juvenile offenders to reformatories instead of to prisons. Eng. Cyc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
According to Guinness World Records, the largest iced coffee is 14,228.1 liters and was created by Caffé Bene (South Korea), in Yangju, South Korea, on 17 July 2014. They poured iced black Americano on the giant cup that measured 3.3 meters tall and 2.62 meters wide.
