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| chapel |
a religious assembly, esp. at a school or military base. [1/3 definitions] |
| chaplain |
a member of the clergy attached to a school, military unit, hospital, or other institution. |
| chemistry lab |
in a school, a place where students studying chemistry can observe chemical reactions and carry out small experiments. |
| classmate |
a person in the same class at a college or school. |
| class rank |
a student's position on a list ordered by grade point average of all students in the same grade or year at a school. |
| classroom |
a room where classes are held in a college, school, or training facility. |
| cloakroom |
a room in a school, club, theater, or the like where coats, hats, and other outdoor clothing may be temporarily left. |
| coed |
(informal) a woman attending a school, esp. a college, that admits both sexes. [1/2 definitions] |
| Coll. |
abbreviation of "College," a school or institution of higher learning, usu. providing education in general studies or liberal arts (used in a proper name). |
| college |
a school or institution of higher learning beyond the level of high school, usu. providing education in general studies or liberal arts. [1/3 definitions] |
| composition |
a short piece written as a school assignment. [1/7 definitions] |
| computer lab |
a room providing access to numerous computers, typically found in a school, library, government institution, or private company. Use of a computer lab is free in public institutions and also in private institutions when one has authorization. |
| conservatoire |
a school or academy for the arts; conservatory. |
| conservatory |
a school of music or drama. [1/3 definitions] |
| construction paper |
heavy colored paper, used esp. by school children for drawing, crafts, and the like. |
| correspondence school |
a school that mails study materials and examinations to its students, who return them by mail to the school for grading. |
| cottage |
a small, detached dwelling, used for temporary periods, as at a resort, school, hospital facility, or the like. [1/2 definitions] |
| credit |
a unit of study in a school, or acknowledgment that it has been completed. [1/12 definitions] |
| crossing guard |
a school official, police officer, or volunteer who directs traffic and helps children to cross the streets around a school. |
| curriculum |
the totality of courses offered at a school or within a department. [1/2 definitions] |
| dame school |
an informal school common to Colonial New England in which rudimentary educational and social skills were taught to children by a woman in her home. [2 definitions] |
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