Noun Definition

school

1.Definition: a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar teachers

"The Venetian school of painting"

Category: General

2.Definition: a building where young people receive education

"The school was built in 1932", "He walked to school every morning"

Related Noun(s):schoolhouse

Category: Objects

3.Definition: a large group of fish

"A school of small glittering fish swam by"

Related Noun(s):shoal

Category: General

4.Definition: an educational institution

"The school was founded in 1900"

Category: General

5.Definition: an educational institution's faculty and students

"The school keeps parents informed", "The whole school turned out for the game"

Category: General

6.Definition: the period of instruction in a school; the time period when school is in session

"Stay after school", "He didn't miss a single day of school", "When the school day was done we would walk home together"

Related Noun(s):schooltime

Category: General

7.Definition: the process of being formally educated at a school

"What will you do when you finish school?"

Category: General