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grammar schools

grammar schools is the plural of grammar school.

Meaning of grammar school

Noun

grammar school (countable and uncountable, plural grammar schools)

  1. (archaic) A school that teaches its pupils the grammar system of a European language, especially Latin and Greek.
  2. (UK) A secondary school that stresses academic over practical or vocational education, until recent times open to those pupils who had passed the 11-plus examination.
    • The largest building at one end, now used as a church hall, was originally the village's one-roomed grammar school, also endowed by the Lumleys.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 382, about Thornton Dale
    Synonyms:
    grammar
  3. (US, rare, regional) Elementary school.

Questions about grammar schools

What is grammar schools the plural of?
Grammar schools is the plural of grammar school.

Words near grammar schools in the dictionary

  1. grammar nazi
  2. grammar nazis
  3. grammar Nazism
  4. grammar police
  5. grammar school
  6. grammar schools
  7. grammar-nazi
  8. grammar-nazis
  9. grammar-oriented programming
  10. grammared
  11. grammarese

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