B1 noun #4,069 most common

public school

Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school

public school in 30 Seconds

  • (noun) Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school
  • (noun) A college or university
  • (noun) (formerly Scottish) A publicly funded and administered school; such schools in the context of other countries

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun Certain private schools, particularly (initially) any grammar school operated apart from the personal lands of its students or (from the 19th century) the feepaying secondary schools which developed from or were modelled upon them; a British boarding school
  2. 2
    noun A college or university
  3. 3
    noun (formerly Scottish) A publicly funded and administered school; such schools in the context of other countries

Synonyms

boarding school free school private school state school
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