grammar school
noun [C, U]Definition
IN UK › in the UK, a school which clever children over 11 years old can go to if they pass a special exam
IN US US › another word for elementary school (= a school for children from the ages of five to eleven in the US)
(Definition of grammar school noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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