Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

freedom school

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables: free-dom school
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An alternative school for black students in places where they were denied access to adequate public school.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"When I became a teacher, I used Blues For Mr. Charlie in freedom school in Mississippi, and Go Tell it On the Mountain with my first high school class."

Usage

Inflected Forms

freedom schools (plural)

Questions

What does freedom school mean?: An alternative school for black students in places where they were denied access to adequate public school.

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