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vocational school

American  

noun

  1. a school offering instruction in one or more skilled or semiskilled trades or occupations.


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She vented frustration as she languished in a room in the vocational school with no privacy.

From Barron's

He prefers people who went to vocational schools and “want to work on the floor.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Like many others, Hecking is the first in her family to go to vocational school.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Additionally, many vocational schools — including cosmetology schools, culinary schools, technical colleges and electrical trade schools — have the same penalty- and tax-free treatment of 529 plan funds.”

From MarketWatch

In June, he completed a heating, ventilation and air conditioning certificate from a vocational school.

From The Wall Street Journal