boarding school
/ˈbɔːdɪŋ ˌskuːl/US/ˈboɹdɪŋ ˌskul/
boarding school noun: a residential school, where the students are housed on-site (the school provides board and lodging as well as education), sometimes involuntarily, typically at a pre-collegiate level.
Noun
boarding school (countable and uncountable, plural boarding schools)
- A residential school, where the students are housed on-site (the school provides board and lodging as well as education), sometimes involuntarily, typically at a pre-collegiate level.
- […] a pan-Indian movement based on the successes of the Black Power Movement […] had its roots [in] the 1870-1933 Native American boarding school experiences of their parents and grandparents. It was in these boarding schools where Native language, culture and ceremony would be beaten out of the...2007, Joy Porter, Place and Native American Indian History and Culture, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 86
- […] he looked like the housemaster [Shaun] had so hated during his time at boarding school.2012 August 16, Will Hill, The Rising: A Department 19 Novel, Penguin, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- residential school
boarding school meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Kannada and Arabic
boarding school in Hindi
- school which provides board and lodging
- छात्रालय chātrālay
boarding school in Tamil
- உணடுறை பள்ளி, உணவகத்துடன் அமைந்த பள்ளி
boarding school in Kannada
- ವಸತಿಶಾಲೆ
boarding school in Arabic
- school which provides board and lodging
- مَدْرَسَة دَاخِلِيَّة madrasa dāḵiliyya
More languagesFewer languages
- boarding school in Malay
- sekolah berasrama
- boarding school in Indonesian
- sekolah asrama
- boarding school in Persian
- مدرسه شبانه روزی
- boarding school in Vietnamese
- trường nội trú
Examples of boarding school in a sentence
- […] a pan-Indian movement based on the successes of the Black Power Movement […] had its roots [in] the 1870-1933 Native American boarding school experiences of their parents and grandparents.2007, Joy Porter, Place and Native American Indian History and Culture, Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 86:
- My brother loved his boarding school, and the few months I spent there were some of the happiest times of my life.2017 October 1, Nina Milne, Claiming His Secret Royal Heir, Harlequin, →ISBN:
Synonyms of boarding school
Forms of boarding school
| plural | boarding schools |
|---|
Words formed from boarding school
Questions about boarding school
- What does boarding school mean?
- Boarding school means a residential school, where the students are housed on-site (the school provides board and lodging as well as education), sometimes involuntarily, typically at a pre-collegiate level.
- What is boarding school in Hindi?
- Boarding school in Hindi is छात्रालय (chātrālay). See Boarding school meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use boarding school in a sentence?
- […] a pan-Indian movement based on the successes of the Black Power Movement […] had its roots [in] the 1870-1933 Native American boarding school experiences of their parents and grandparents.
- What part of speech is boarding school?
- Boarding school is a noun.
- How do you pronounce boarding school?
- Boarding school is pronounced /ˈbɔːdɪŋ ˌskuːl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of boarding school?
- The plural of boarding school is boarding schools.
Words near boarding school in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: boarding school (page history and authors); boarding school (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); boarding school (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-boarding school.wav.
Cite this entry: “boarding school.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/boarding_school. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.