Meaning of boarding school | Babel Free
/ˈbɔːdɪŋ ˌskuːl/Definitions
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.
Equivalents
العربية
مَدْرَسَة دَاخِلِيَّة
Čeština
internátní škola
Ελληνικά
οικοτροφείο
Suomi
sisäoppilaitos
한국어
기숙학교
Polski
internat
Svenska
internatskola
Türkçe
yatılı okul
Examples
“[…] 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 Native children in order to 'Kill the Indian and Save the Child'.”
“[…] he looked like the housemaster [Shaun] had so hated during his time at boarding school.”
“My brother loved his boarding school, and the few months I spent there were some of the happiest times of my life.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.