boarding school

American  

[bawr-ding skool] / ˈbɔr dɪŋ ˌskul /

noun

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

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boarding school British  

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of boarding school

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

He conceived the social experiment based on a combination of his curiosity about people, the influence of “Lord of the Flies” and “Robinson Crusoe,” and his boarding school experience.

From Los Angeles Times

Authorities also sent Tibetan children to state-run boarding schools at ever-younger ages, educating them predominantly in Mandarin and inculcating Chinese culture.

From The Wall Street Journal

McLean's world changed when he moved to boarding school in Chester aged 11.

From BBC

Mr. Ansari—the son of an Iranian ambassador and a distant cousin of Farah Pahlavi, the shah’s widow—was sent off to boarding school in the U.K. in June 1978, “which was fairly good timing.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"It's like a state-sponsored boarding school where they systematically foster football players."

From Barron's

Related Words

• institute
• prep school
• secondary school
• seminary