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DAY SCHOOL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A school building without boarding facilities
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("day school" is a kind of...):
school; schoolhouse (a building where young people receive education)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A private school taking day students only
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("day school" is a kind of...):
private school (a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition)
Antonym:
boarding school (a private school where students are lodged and fed as well as taught)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A school giving instruction during the daytime
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("day school" is a kind of...):
school (an educational institution)
Antonym:
night school (a school that holds classes in the evenings for students who cannot attend during the day)