reception center

noun

Place or institution for temporary accommodation of vagrants, refugees, disaster victims and others.

Meanings

nounreception center (plural reception centers)

plural reception centers · alternative reception centre

  1. Place or institution for temporary accommodation of vagrants, refugees, disaster victims and others.
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APA

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Chicago

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