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noun
Elementary school; primary school.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, Philippines, US, rare
Topics: education
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: grammar school, elementary school, primary school
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: school
Narrower terms: junior school, infant school
History
In contrast to high schools, the subsequent secondary school type, classes of this kind of school do not have typical nicknames. In a grade school all classes are simply enumerated 1st to 8th grade (called form or year in British English). In a high school, on the other hand, school year groups are in everyday parlance referred to as freshman/sophomore/junior/senior year.
