boarding school
noun
a school at which the students receive board and lodging during the school term (distinguished from day school).
boarding schools
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pluralof boarding school.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Then I was sent off to boarding schools.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
There have been many devastating school fires in Kenya, where boarding schools are common as a colonial legacy of missionaries and the British.
From Barron's ● May 28, 2026
Before the stage name, she was Daiaphi Lamare, a girl moving through boarding schools with what she now describes as a constant feeling of being out of place.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
"In addition, supervision from the Ministry of Religion and the community regarding these newly emerging Islamic boarding schools must be stricter."
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
“We have reason to believe they enrolled in area boarding schools sometime in the past eighteen months and wondered if the girl ended up here.”
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
