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industrial school

in·dus·tri·al school
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-duhs-tree-uh l skool]
    • /ɪnˈdʌs tri əl skul/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [in-duhs-tree-uh l skool]
    • /ɪnˈdʌs tri əl skul/

Definitions of industrial school words

  • noun industrial school a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; trade or vocational school. 1
  • noun industrial school a school for educating neglected children or juvenile delinquents committed to its care and training them to some form of industry. 1
  • noun industrial school a training school that teaches students the skills they will need to work in industry 0
  • noun industrial school such a school formerly providing education for delinquent boys 0
  • noun industrial school a school where industrial arts are taught 0
  • noun industrial school such a school to which neglected or delinquent youths are sent for habilitation 0
See all 8 definitions of industrial school

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Origin of industrial school

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55

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Parts of speech for Industrial school

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Industrial school

industrial school popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 29% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for industrial school

noun industrial school

  • reform school — reformatory (def 2).
  • reformatory — serving or designed to reform: reformatory lectures; reformatory punishments.
  • tech — technical: The engineers sat together exchanging tech talk.
  • training college — a school providing training for a special field or profession.
  • training ship — a ship equipped for training novices in seamanship, as for naval service.
All 5 Synonyms of industrial school

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