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

In an English girls boarding school, two teenage best friends grapple with the challenges of girlhood — friendship, boys, studies, and growing up — and embark on their school project, falling in love. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Dec. 2025

More than 250 children are still being held in Nigeria after an abduction from a Catholic boarding school on November 21. —Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2025

His education started in a rural Kentucky boarding school where the students smoked, carried knives, and the youngest student on campus, at 9 years old, was assigned to clean the toilets. —Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 5 Dec. 2025

Community members gathered at the Radnor Memorial Library Thursday night to learn more about the future of Valley Forge Military Academy, a private boarding school and day school serving grades 7-12 in Wayne, Pennsylvania. —Madeleine Wright, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025

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