trade school

noun

: a secondary school teaching the skilled trades

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Baker plans to use that money to go trade school become a master auto mechanic and eventually open his own shop. Steve Hartman, CBS News, 6 June 2025 About 70% of the Maine East grads have been accepted into two- and four-year colleges, as well as trade schools, according to District 207 spokeswoman Kimberly Thevenin. Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025 Baker, who hopes to attend trade school and study mechanics, was deeply moved by the outpouring of support. Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 29 May 2025 Back then, construction wages were declining, driven in part by the rise of affordable trade schools and in part by falling union membership. Bahaa Chammout, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for trade school

Word History

First Known Use

1829, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of trade school was in 1829

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“Trade school.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trade%20school. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.

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trade school

noun
: a secondary school teaching the skilled trades

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