Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detention centres

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.72 in modern English

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

Meaning

Questions

What does detention centres mean?
plural of detention centre

How to pronounce detention centres

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