boarding school

[ bawr-ding skool ]

noun

1. a school at which the students receive board and lodging during the school term ( day school ).

boarding school

noun

1. a school providing living accommodation for some or all of its pupils

Word History and Origins

Origin of boarding school¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

For many boarding school students, corporal punishment was regarded as "normal", former Zimbabwean cricketer Henry Olonga, who was attending the camp the night Guide died, said in his 2015 autobiography.

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The situation takes me back to my boarding school days, where senior students regularly bullied juniors.

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A schoolboy who attacked two students and a teacher with a hammer at a boarding school in Devon has been named after a judge lifted an order preventing his identification.

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It promised to increase a grant to help cover boarding school fees for children of military families to take account of rising fees.

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When it comes to schools he's seen it all - from teaching maths in boarding schools, to running inner city comprehensives in England.

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Related Words

• institute
• prep school
• secondary school
• seminary