verbeterhuis
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From verbeteren + huis.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ver‧be‧ter‧huis
NounEdit
verbeterhuis n (plural verbeterhuizen)
- (history) A penitentiary or other house of correction
- (colloquial) A reformatory (school)
SynonymsEdit
- (penitentiary): tuchthuis
- (reformatory): verbeteringsgesticht, tuchtschool