schoo l age N‑UNCOUNT [oft prep N ] When a child reaches school age , he or she is old enough to go to school. □ Most of them have young children below school age. ● ADJ [usu ADJ n] School age is also an adjective. □ …families with school-age children.
school|bag /skuː lbæg/ (schoolbags ) also school bag N‑COUNT A schoolbag is a bag that children use to carry books and other things to and from school.
schoo l board (school boards ) N‑COUNT [with sing or pl verb] A school board is a committee in charge of education in a particular city or area, or in a particular school, especially in the United States. [AM ] □ Colonel Richard Nelson served on the school board until this year.
schoo l boo k (school books ) also schoolbook N‑COUNT [usu pl] School books are books giving information about a particular subject, which children use at school.
school|boy /skuː lbɔ I / (schoolboys ) N‑COUNT A schoolboy is a boy who goes to school. □ …a group of ten-year-old schoolboys.
schoo l bus (school buses ) N‑COUNT A school bus is a special bus which takes children to and from school.
school|child /skuː ltʃa I ld/ (schoolchildren ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] Schoolchildren are children who go to school. □ Last year I had an audience of schoolchildren and they laughed at everything.
school|days /skuː lde I z/ also school days N‑PLURAL [usu poss N ] Your schooldays are the period of your life when you were at school. □ He was happily married to a girl he had known since his schooldays.
schoo l di n|ner (school dinners ) N‑VAR School dinners are midday meals provided for children at a school. [BRIT ] □ Overcooked greens are my most vivid recollection of school dinners. in AM, use school lunch
schooled /skuː ld/
1 ADJ [oft adv ADJ ] If you are schooled in something, you have learned about it as the result of training or experience. [WRITTEN ] □ [+ in ] They were both well schooled in the ways of the Army.
2 → see also school
schoo l friend (school friends ) also schoolfriend N‑COUNT [oft with poss] A school friend is a friend of yours who is at the same school as you, or who used to be at the same school when you were children. □ I spent the evening with an old school friend.
school|girl /skuː lgɜː r l/ (schoolgirls ) N‑COUNT A schoolgirl is a girl who goes to school. □ …half a dozen giggling schoolgirls.
school|house /skuː lhaʊs/ (schoolhouses ) N‑COUNT A schoolhouse is a small building used as a school. [AM ] □ McCreary lives in a converted schoolhouse outside Charlottesville.
school|ing /skuː l I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT [oft with poss] Schooling is education that children receive at school. □ He had little formal schooling.
schoo l kid (school kids ) also schoolkid N‑COUNT [usu pl] School kids are schoolchildren . [INFORMAL ] □ …young school kids in short pants.
schoo l lea v|er (school leavers ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] School leavers are young people who have just left school, because they have completed their time there. [BRIT ] □ …the lack of job opportunities, particularly for school leavers. in AM, use high school graduate
schoo l lu nch (school lunches ) N‑VAR School lunches are midday meals provided for children at a school.
school|master /skuː lmɑːstə r , -mæst-/ (schoolmasters ) N‑COUNT A schoolmaster is a man who teaches children in a school. [OLD-FASHIONED ]
school|mate /skuː lme I t/ (schoolmates ) N‑COUNT [oft with poss] A schoolmate is a child who goes to the same school as you, especially one who is your friend. □ He started the magazine with a schoolmate.
school|mistress /skuː lm I strəs/ (schoolmistresses ) N‑COUNT A schoolmistress is a woman who teaches children in a school. [OLD-FASHIONED ]
school|room /skuː lruːm/ (schoolrooms ) N‑COUNT A schoolroom is a classroom, especially the only classroom in a small school.
schoo l run (school runs ) N‑COUNT The school run is the journey that parents make each day when they take their children to school and bring them home from school. [BRIT ] □ …the local café favoured by parents on the school run.
school|teacher /skuː ltiːtʃə r / (schoolteachers ) N‑COUNT A schoolteacher is a teacher in a school.
schoo l teach|ing N‑UNCOUNT School teaching is the work done by teachers in a school. [FORMAL ] □ He returned to school teaching.
school|work /skuː lwɜː r k/ N‑UNCOUNT Schoolwork is the work that a child does at school or is given at school to do at home. □ My mother would help me with my schoolwork.
school|yard /skuː ljɑː r d/ (schoolyards ) also school yard N‑COUNT The schoolyard is the large open area with a hard surface just outside a school building, where the schoolchildren can play and do other activities. □ …the sound of the kids in the schoolyard.
schoon|er /skuː nə r / (schooners )
1 N‑COUNT A schooner is a medium-sized sailing ship.
2 N‑COUNT A schooner is a large glass used for drinking sherry. [BRIT ]
3 N‑COUNT A schooner is a tall glass for beer. [AM ]