Definitions for borstals

borstals bor·stal

Spelling: [bawr-stuh l]
IPA: /ˈbɔr stəl/

Borstals is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 331 anagrams from letters in borstals (ablorsst).

Definitions for borstals

noun

  1. (in England) a school for delinquent boys that provides therapy and vocational training.

Origin of borstals

First recorded in 1900-05; named after Borstal, village in Kent, England

Examples for borstals

At Caversham there is a small proportion of the inmates who should be transferred to a borstal institution.

You may find it in the little street that runs off the market place, going down towards the borstal Institution.

This led to the foundation of the borstal scheme, which was first formally started in October 1902.

I have always said that the hanging gardens of borstal knocked spots off the hanging gardens of Babylon, and now I know it.

He is not a criminal and earth is not a borstal Institution.

You smell out the hedgerows, and every borstal leads you out on to the grass.

Word Value for borstals
Scrable

9

Words with friends

11

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