training school
1
6.4
- noun
- /ˈtreɪnɪŋ skuːl/
- Archaic
:
centro de rehabilitación
Synonyms
10
6.8
A school where young people who break the law learn rules and work skills
10
4.2
A building like a prison where people are kept as punishment and given training
4
8.3
A place where young people who break the law are sent to be taught to behave better
Antonyms
How Punitive
- Offensive
∞
1.0
15
6.3
- Archaic
1
6.4
- Archaic
10
6.8
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a school that provides practical education and instruction in vocational or technical skills' is directly compositional from 'training' (organized learning) + 'school' (educational institution), following a regular noun-noun compound pattern in English. Although 'school' is listed with a verb definition in the input, the institutional noun sense is the one used here and is familiar to learners. This straightforward, cross-linguistically common construction makes the MWE immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The noun training school comes from the idea of training young people in a strict school setting, much like an apprentice being taught correct habits and work. So it came to mean 'a place to hold, discipline, and reform young or first-time offenders'.