PREPARATORY SCHOOL

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A private secondary school

Synonyms:

prep school; preparatory school

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("preparatory school" is a kind of...):

Gymnasium; lycee; lyceum; middle school; secondary school (a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "preparatory school"):

choir school; schola cantorum (a school that is part of a cathedral or monastery where boys with singing ability can receive a general education)