boarding school

noun

: a school that provides meals and lodging

Examples of boarding school in a Sentence

He attended a prestigious boarding school in Massachusetts.

She was sent to boarding school when she was nine.

Recent Examples on the Web

For generations, children have had to literally climb a mountain roughly every 10 days – for three hours – to get to and from boarding school. — New Atlas, 16 Aug. 2026

Their daughter, Josephine, attended a Catholic girls’ school in the Maryland suburbs, and then, like her father, went to Harvard; their son, John, attended a boarding school in Connecticut, and then the University of Miami. — Margaret Talbot, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Busch is sharing his experience publicly for the first time after spending 21 years reckoning with what happened to him at the Michigan boarding school. — Ava Berger, NPR, 10 Aug. 2026

The duo — pals from boarding school and later Harvard — wanted to write a movie about Bourdain, but didn’t want a cradle to grave story. — Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 10 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for boarding school

• minuscule
• molecule
• overrule
• poiseuille
• reticule
• ridicule
• vestibule
• ampoule
• bascule
• carpool
• cesspool
• ferrule

Kids Definition

boarding school

noun

: a school at which most of the pupils live during the school term