Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detention centers

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.83 in modern English

Syllables
de-ten-tion -cen-ters
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

Questions

What does detention centers mean?
plural of detention center

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