school1 |
an institution where instruction is given, esp. to young people. [8 definitions] |
school2 |
a large group of the same kind of fish or sea mammals. [2 definitions] |
school age |
the age when a child is able or legally required to attend school. |
school board |
a local lay board responsible for setting policy and budgets and providing general oversight for a school system. |
schoolbook |
a book used as a basis for teaching in a school; textbook. |
schoolboy |
a boy who attends school. |
school bus |
a bus chartered or provided by a school system to take students to and from school and to various school-sponsored events. |
schoolchild |
a child attending school. |
school district |
a geographic area whose school or schools are administered by a single board of education. |
schoolfellow |
a fellow pupil at one's school; schoolmate. |
schoolgirl |
a girl who attends school. |
schoolhouse |
a building used for a school. |
schooling |
education or training, esp. formal instruction in a school. |
schoolman |
(often cap.) a medieval philosopher or theologian teaching at a university by the scholastic system; scholastic. |
schoolmarm |
(informal) formerly, a female schoolteacher, esp. a strict, humorless one. |
schoolmaster |
a male schoolteacher or headmaster. |
schoolmate |
a fellow pupil at school with whom one is acquainted or friendly. |
schoolmistress |
a headmistress or female schoolteacher. |
schoolroom |
a room in which classes are taught. |
school system |
all the schools and their auxiliaries that are administered by a single board of education. |
schoolteacher |
someone who instructs students in a school. |