PRESCHOOL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An educational institution for children too young for elementary school

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("preschool" is a kind of...):

educational institution (an institution dedicated to education)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "preschool"):

kindergarten (a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school)

nursery school (a small preschool for small children)

play group; playschool (a small informal nursery group meeting for half-day sessions)

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