noun
1. a secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college
• Hypernyms: ↑secondary school, ↑lyceum, ↑lycee, ↑Gymnasium, ↑middle school
2. a school for young children; usually the first 6 or 8 grades
• Syn: ↑grade school, ↑elementary school, ↑primary school
• Hypernyms: ↑school
• Hyponyms: ↑junior school, ↑infant school
Useful english dictionary. 2012.