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GRAMMAR SCHOOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
Synonyms:
elementary school; grade school; grammar school; primary school
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("grammar school" is a kind of...):
school (an educational institution)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grammar school"):
junior school (British school for children aged 7-11)
infant school (British school for children aged 5-7)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("grammar school" is a kind of...):
Gymnasium; lycee; lyceum; middle school; secondary school (a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12)
