22/3/2010

boarding school [countable]
SES a school where students live as well as study
public school [countable]
1SES in Britain, a private school for children aged between 13 and 18, whose parents pay for their education. The children often live at the school while they are studying [↪ state school]
2SES a free local school, especially in the US and Scotland, controlled and paid for by the government [↪ private school]
state school [countable]
1SE British English a British school which receives money from the government and provides free education [↪ public school]
2 American English informal a college or university that receives money from the US state it is in, to help pay its costs
private school [countable]
SES a school that is not supported by government money, where education must be paid for by the children's parents [↪ public school, state school]
day school [uncountable and countable]
SES a school where the students go home in the evening rather than one where they live
de‧ten‧tion
1 [uncountable]SCJ the state of being kept in prison
in detention
Willis was held in detention for five years.
2 [uncountable and countable]SES a punishment in which children who have behaved badly are forced to stay at school for a short time after the others have gone home
in detention
swot 1 [countable]
British English informal someone who spends too much time studying and seems to have no other interests - used in order to show disapproval