noun
a secondary school teaching the skilled trades (Freq. 4)
• Syn: ↑trade school
• Hypernyms: ↑secondary school, ↑lyceum, ↑lycee, ↑Gymnasium, ↑middle school
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a school offering instruction in one or more skilled or semiskilled trades or occupations.
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vocational school,
an educational institution, usually at the secondary-school level, where training is given in various vocations or trades, such as printing, stenography, or mechanics.
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(in the US) a school that teaches skills that are necessary for particular jobs
Useful english dictionary. 2012.