noun
1. a tuition free school in the United States supported by taxes and controlled by a school board (Freq. 4)
• Hypernyms: ↑school
• Hyponyms: ↑charter school
2. private independent secondary school in Great Britain supported by endowment and tuition
• Regions: ↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain
• Hypernyms: ↑secondary school, ↑lyceum, ↑lycee, ↑Gymnasium, ↑middle school
• Hyponyms: ↑Eton College, ↑Winchester College
Useful english dictionary. 2012.