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secondary school

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. secondary school (noun)
  2. secondary modern school (noun)
  3. secondary technical school (noun)

secondary school

noun

Definition of SECONDARY SCHOOL

: a school intermediate between elementary school and college and usually offering general, technical, vocational, or college-preparatory courses
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Examples of SECONDARY SCHOOL

  1. a job that requires at least a secondary school education

First Known Use of SECONDARY SCHOOL

1835

Rhymes with SECONDARY SCHOOL

alternative school, biomolecule, correspondence school, divinity school, industrial school

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