Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boarding school

/ˈboɹdɪŋ ˌskul/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: board-ing school
IPA: /ˈboɹdɪŋ ˌskul/

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] 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."

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈboɹdɪŋ ˌskul/
British English: /ˈbɔːdɪŋ ˌskuːl/

Usage

Inflected Forms

boarding schools (plural)

Phrases

boarding school syndrome flexi-boarding

Frequently Paired Words

flexi-boarding

Synonyms

residential school

Questions

How do you pronounce boarding school?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈboɹdɪŋ ˌskul/.
What does boarding school mean?: 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.

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