Detention
111detention basin — an area that holds water for a limited period as a spillover from a larger basin to prevent flooding. All the water contained in the basin is released a short period of time. Not usually a fish habitat, cf. retention basin …
112detention dam — a dam for temporary storage of water for later controlled release …
113detention camp — a compound where prisoners are detained temporarily, as pending determination of their legal status under immigration laws. [1915 20] * * * …
114detention home — noun An institution in which juvenile offenders are temporarily housed …
115detention basin — noun A depression in the ground designed to fill with rainwater that would otherwise cause flooding …
116detention center — de tention ,center noun count 1. ) a special prison for young people 2. ) a place where people who have come into a country without permission are kept while the government decides whether they can stay …
117detention camp — compound where prisoners are confined …
118detention cell — small room for the confinement of prisoners or detainees …
119detention without arrest — keeping a person in custody without officially placing him under arrest …
120detention centre — noun an institution where people, in particular refugees and people awaiting trial, are detained for short periods …