day schoolnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdeɪ ˌskuːl/us/ˈdeɪ ˌskuːl/a private school whose students return home in the evening
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Types of school
- alma mater
- business school
- charter school
- coed
- coeducational
- college
- comprehensive school
- convent school
- faith school
- fee-paying
- finishing school
- grammar school
- high school
- independent school
- infant
- junior
- junior school
- madrasa
- parochial school
- single-sex
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Examples from literature
- And now I come to the question of day schools.
- Her nephew had just come home from his day school.
- It was then merely a boys' day school and doubtless soon perished.
- Part of the old building is still used as a boys' day school.
- The latter was quite small, though there was a large attendance in the day school.