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

This year Project Hiu recruited seven more fishers and their boats in a single month, the team deployed nine new shark tags, and the project’s first-ever female scholarship student started boarding school. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2026

In the haunted heart of New Orleans, Coven Academy follows three teenage witches and their dangerously charming warlock peers at an elite magic boarding school where power is currency, secrets are lethal and attraction is a liability. — Denise Petski, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026

In the area that later became the United States, as many as 600,000 Native Americans were enslaved during this period, with many more stolen from families into the twentieth century through boarding school, fostering, and adoption programs. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Anne demonstrated decades ago that a princess could leave the immediate royal bubble, attend boarding school and develop considerable independence. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 10 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1665, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for boarding school

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Kids Definition

boarding school

noun

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