What does "reformatory" mean?

A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.

How do you pronounce "reformatory"?

Pronounced //ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi//.

Common synonyms include: reform school, archaic, bastille, black hole, borstal, borstal institution.

/ɹəˈfɔɹməˌtɔɹi/ adj, noun

adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Noun

1
A prison, especially one for juveniles; a reform school.
"It was the nicest-looking property Elwood had ever seen—a real school, a good one, not the forbidding reformatory he’d conjured the last few weeks."
2
correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders wordnet

Adjective

1
Of, pertaining to, or conducive to reform; reformative.
"Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education."

Adjective

"Other reformatory schools might not strike that balance between reform and education."