PRESCHOOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preschool mean? 

• PRESCHOOL (noun)
  The noun PRESCHOOL has 1 sense:

1. an educational institution for children too young for elementary school

  Familiarity information: PRESCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PRESCHOOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An educational institution for children too young for elementary school

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("preschool" is a kind of...):

educational institution (an institution dedicated to education)

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

kindergarten (a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school)

nursery school (a small preschool for small children)

play group; playschool (a small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions)

 Context examples 

What's more, the negative cognitive, emotional, and physical effects of poor sleep habits are well-established, and yet most previous research has focused on preschool age and younger.

(Children Who Nap Are Happier, Have Higher IQ, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Blood lead concentrations measured in more than 1,300 preschool children in China were associated with increased risk of behavioral and emotional problems, such as being anxious, depressed, or aggressive.

(Lead in kids’ blood linked with behavioral and emotional problems, NIH)