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Definitions: Reformatory |
ReformatoryAdjective1. Tending to reform; "reformative and rehabilitative agencies"; "reformatory punishment". Noun1. Correctional institution for the detention and discipline and training of young or first offenders. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "reformatory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1852. (references) |
Synonyms: ReformatorySynonyms: reformative (adj), reform school (n), training school (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Improvement | Reformatory, emendatory; reparatory; (restorative); remedial. |
School | Day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school; school of art; kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Reformatory |
| English words defined with "reformatory": -ries. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I spent a year in reformatory! (Bonnie and Clyde; writing credit: David Newman; Robert Benton) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Boys' Reformatory (1939) Reformatory (1938) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | State reformatory at Pontiac, Ill.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mrs. P. Whitney presents flag at reformatory, [prison congress delegates in background].Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Human Rights | Taiwan | The law, which had departed from international standards of due process, may no longer be used to sentence "hoodlums" to reformatory education. (references) |
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| "Reformatory" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 77.78% of the time. "Reformatory" is used about 9 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 77.78% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Noun (proper) | 22.22% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "reformatory": reformatory upbringing. Additional references. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
mansfield reformatory | 45 |
reformatory | 7 |
caning reformatory | 6 |
ohio reformatory | 5 |
mansfield ohio reformatory | 3 |
pendleton reformatory | 3 |
reformatory state washington | 3 |
elmira reformatory | 3 |
girl reformatory | 3 |
monroe reformatory | 2 |
reformatory school | 2 |
lagrange reformatory | 2 |
diaper reformatory | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "reformatory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shtëpi korrektimi (community home, pen, workhouse), shkollë riedukimi, burg për moshat e reja. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | إصلاحية للأحداث (workhouse), إصلاحية (community home, penitentiary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | реформаторски (reformative), поправителен дом. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 少管所. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | polepšovna (industrial school, penitentiary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | straffeanstalt (convict station, penal establishment, penal institution, reformatory station), forvaringsanstalt (convict station, reformatory station), faengsel (convict station, reformatory station). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | rijksgesticht voor observatie en opvoeding (reformatory settlement for youths guilty of minor offences), verbeterhuis (borstal, Borstal institution, reformatory home), tuchtschool (borstal, Borstal institution, reformatory home, reformatory settlement for youths guilty of minor offences), strafkolonie (reformatory settlement for youths guilty of minor offences), strafinrichting (convict station, penal establishment, penal institution, reformatory station), inrichting voor buitengewone behandeling (borstal, Borstal institution, reformatory home, reformatory settlement for youths guilty of minor offences). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | دارالتادیب (Penitentiary), بهسازگاه . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vankila (convict station, gaol, jail, joutua, nick, prison, reformatory station), nuorille rikoksentekijöille tarkoitettu rangaistuslaitos (reformatory settlement for youths guilty of minor offences), koulukoti (approved school, borstal, Borstal institution, community home, reform school, reformatory home, training school), kasvatuslaitos (borstal, Borstal institution, reform school, reformatory home, training school). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | maison de redressement, maison de correction (remand home), centre de redressement, centre de d'éducation surveillée. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Besserungsanstalt (borstal, Borstal institution, penitentiary, reform school, reformatory home). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σωφρονιστήριο (penitentiary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | reform- (reformative), megújító (regenerating, regenerative), javítóintézet (detention home, house of correction, penitentiary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | riformatorio (approved school, borstal, Borstal institution, reformatory home, reformatory settlement for youths guilty of minor offences, workhouse). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 感化院 (reform school). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"かい" (reform school). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 감"원. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scoill smaghtee. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eformatoryray reformatório, casa de correção (bridewell, workhouse). (various references) reformator (reformative, reformer, reforming, reorganizer), casã de corecţie (bridewell, penitentiary, reformative, workhouse). (various references) исправительный (correctional, corrective, penitentiary, reformative). (various references) reformativan (reformative), popravni (correctional, corrective, disciplinary, reformative, remedial). (various references) reformatorio (approved school, penitentiary). (various references) uppfostringsanstalt (approved school, bridewell, institution for juveniles, workhouse). (various references) reform (reform, reformative), iyileştirici (amendatory, curative, healing, recuperative, reformative, regenerative, remedial, therapeutic), düzeltici (amendatory, correctional, corrective, corrector, corrector of the press, emendatory, improver, proofreader, rectifier, reformative, regenerative), ıslahevi (approved school, bridewell, detention center, detention home, house of correction, penitentiary, workhouse). (various references) що перетворю", виправний заклад, виправний (correctional, corrective, corrigible, curative, penitentiary, redeemable, reformative, remedial). (various references) trại cải tạo (bridewell, penitentiary, reform school). (various references) diwygiadol (revivalistic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Reformatory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: reverbatory. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "reformatory" (pronounced rufô"rmutô'rē) |
| 8 | -ô" r m u t ô' r ē | dormitory. |
| 6 | -m u t ô' r ē | confirmatory, defamatory, inflammatory. |
| 5 | -u t ô' r ē | accusatory, aleatory, ambulatory, anticipatory, articulatory, auditory, celebratory, circulatory, compensatory, conciliatory, confiscatory, congratulatory, contributory, declaratory, depilatory, depository, derogatory, dilatory, discriminatory, excretory, exculpatory, expiratory, explanatory, exploratory, hallucinatory, incantatory, inhibitory, interrogatory, investigatory, laboratory, laudatory, lavatory, mandatory, migratory, nondiscriminatory, obligatory, observatory, oratory, oscillatory, participatory, predatory, preparatory, prohibitory, purgatory, regulatory, repository, respiratory, retaliatory, revelatory, signatory, statutory, territory, transitory. |
| 4 | -t ô' r ē | desultory, multistory, repertory, understory. |
| 3 | -ô' r ē | allegory, category, outlawry, promissory. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-f-m-o-o-r-r-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: terraform. | |
-3 letters: moratory, reformat. | |
-4 letters: armorer, forayer, forearm, formate, mortary, oratory, remarry, tearoom, torrefy. | |
-5 letters: armory, arroyo, artery, farmer, femora, foamer, foetor, footer, format, former, framer, frater, marrer, martyr, mooter, mortar, orator, orfray, orrery, rafter, rarefy, reform, remora, reroof, roamer, roarer, roofer, roomer, rooter, rotary, termor, terror, torero, tremor. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-f-m-o-o-r-r-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: performatory. | |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . ..-. --- .-. -- .- - --- .-. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100110 01101111 01110010 01101101 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e f o r m a t o r y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0066 006F 0072 006D 0061 0074 006F 0072 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5271728184796786818491 |
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