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elementary school noun
n [C] UK old-fashioned or US
Definition
a school which provides the first part of a child's education, usually for children between five and eleven years old
(Definition of elementary school noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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