school day

noun

1. any day on which school is conducted.
2. the daily hours during which school is conducted:

   The school day here is from nine to three.

Word History and Origins

Origin of school day¹

First recorded in 1580–90

Example Sentences

In a majority of districts, students are spending some or all of their school days online.

From Washington Post

In Northern Virginia, the outages wreaked havoc in online classrooms, bringing the virtual school day to a standstill.

From Washington Post

My wife and I watched them during breaks in our oldest son’s virtual school day.

From Washington Post

Because it’ll be done over chat, and the school day will end just as her workday starts, she hopes she can make it work.

From Vox

San Francisco, Los Angeles and even San Marcos have already done this, helping thousands of school-aged children in their regions to have supervision while they go about their school days online.

From Voice of San Diego

The Xnet wasn't much fun in the middle of the school-day, when all the people who used it were in school.

From Project Gutenberg

Life during the rodeo was a combined circus and school-day vacation when off duty with the herd.

From Project Gutenberg

It was kind of you to write it, though it was your school-day.

From Project Gutenberg

It is yet no more geometrical than our school-day problem of the basket and the hundred eggs in Francis Walkinghame.

From Project Gutenberg

A school-day at Charter-House began at eight, with what we called "first school."

From Project Gutenberg