Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

boarding-school

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English

Syllables: board-ing-school
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of boarding school.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Mrs Bycourt has two boys of her own, a few years older than Cyril and perfect young ruffians. Fortunately, they are generally away at boarding-school."

Usage

Inflected Forms

boarding-schools (plural)

Questions

What does boarding-school mean?: Alternative form of boarding school.

How to pronounce boarding-school

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