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boarding school

A school where pupils are provided with meals and lodging.

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boarding school

(Education) a school providing living accommodation for some or all of its pupils

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

board′ing school`

a school at which the pupils receive meals and lodging (disting. from day school).

[1670–80]

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boarding school - a private school where students are lodged and fed as well as taught

private school - a school established and controlled privately and supported by endowment and tuition

day school - a private school taking day students only

Translations

مَدْرَسَة داخِلِيَّة

internátní škola

kostskole

sisäoppilaitos

internat

寄宿学校

기숙 학교

kostschool

internatskole

szkoła z internatem

colégio interno internato

школа-интернат

internatskola

โรงเรียนประจำ

yatılı okul

trường nội trú

寄宿学校

boarding school

n → collegio, convitto

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

boarding school

→ مَدْرَسَة داخِلِيَّة internátní škola kostskole Internat οικοτροφείο internado sisäoppilaitos internat internat collegio 寄宿学校 기숙 학교 kostschool internatskole szkoła z internatem colégio interno, internato школа-интернат internatskola โรงเรียนประจำ yatılı okul trường nội trú 寄宿学校

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I've been at boarding school nearly a year, and I'm almost dead with lessons.

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To the influence of his chief he owed a half-scholarship for each of his two sons in the College Henri IV.; while his daughter was being educated gratis at a boarding school where his wife gave music lessons and he himself a course of history and one of geography in the evenings.

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There are however many other issues that are raised by our question.A recent declaration by a senior government official stated that boarding schools would be phased out in Kenya.