Word: borstals
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: bor
stals
Definition: Plural of borstal; formerly a British reform school for youths considered too young to send to prison
Morphemes:
Affix: borstal
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Any of the prisons set up in Britain for delinquent boys from 1895 to 1983.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: beorh
Language: ang
Decoded: beorh
Meaning: a hill
Affix: stigel
Language: ang
Decoded: stigel
Meaning: a stile
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).