boarding school

[bawr-ding skool]

noun

1. a school at which the students receive board and lodging during the school term (day school ).

boarding school

noun

1. a school providing living accommodation for some or all of its pupils

Word History and Origins

Origin of boarding school¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

With her brothers sent away to boarding school, Katharine's childhood was a lonely one.

From BBC

At 13 she went away to boarding school, attending the elite Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire, where she “ate and ate and ate,” then Yale.

From Los Angeles Times

Raveling left home at 14 to attend a boarding school.

From Los Angeles Times

Every year on 1 September, fans gather to celebrate on the day that Hogwarts students always return to the witchcraft and wizardry boarding school for the start of term.

From BBC

In her memoir, Sinéad details how she’d written the song about how she wasn’t allowed to take her guitar to boarding school, the one thing that helped keep her alive.

From Salon

Related Words

• institute 
• prep school 
• secondary school 
• seminary