public school

• POS: Noun Phrase
• HYPHEN: pub=lic school

CIDE DICTIONARY

public school,  

 In Great Britain, any of various schools maintained by the community, wholly or partly under public control, or maintained largely by endowment and not carried on chiefly for profit; specif., and commonly, any of various select and usually expensive endowed schools which give a liberal modern education or prepare pupils for the universities. Eton, Harrow, Rugby, and Winchester are of this class.  [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

THESAURUS

public school

Gymnasium, Latin school, Realgymnasium, Realschule, academy, alternate, alternative school, blab school, boarding school, central school, consolidated school, continuation school, correspondence school, country day school, dame school, day school, evening school, extension, finishing school, free school, grammar school, high, high school, informal school, intermediate school, junior high, junior high school, middle school, night school, nongraded school, open classroom school, pensionat, platoon school, prep school, preparatory school, private school, progressive school, school without walls, secondary school, seminary, senior high, senior high school, special school, storefront school, street academy, summer school, union school, vacation school