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elementary school

noun [C] UK old-fashioned or US

Definition

B1 a school that provides the first part of a child's education, usually for children between five and eleven years oldTypes of school
(Definition of elementary school noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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