GRAMMAR SCHOOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grammar school mean? 

• GRAMMAR SCHOOL (noun)
  The noun GRAMMAR SCHOOL has 2 senses:

1. a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college

2. a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades

  Familiarity information: GRAMMAR SCHOOL used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GRAMMAR SCHOOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("grammar school" is a kind of...):

Gymnasium; lycee; lyceum; middle school; secondary school (a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

elementary school; grade school; grammar school; primary school

Hypernyms ("grammar school" is a kind of...):

school (an educational institution)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "grammar school"):

junior school (British school for children aged 7-11)

infant school (British school for children aged 5-7)

 Context examples 

And I should advise you to go back to the grammar school for at least two years.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The new master came from a grammar school; and before he entered on his duties, dined in the parlour one day, to be introduced to Steerforth.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

You should go back and finish grammar school, and then go through to high school and university.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But did you finish grammar school?

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)