JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does junior high school mean? 

• JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (noun)
  The noun JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 1 sense:

1. a secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades

  Familiarity information: JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A secondary school usually including 7th and 8th grades

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

junior high; junior high school

Hypernyms ("junior high school" is a kind of...):

Gymnasium; lycee; lyceum; middle school; secondary school (a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12)

 Context examples 

A satellite developed by junior high school children from Ubatuba, São Paulo state, was launched to the International Space Station (ISS) from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on Friday (Dec. 9).

(Satellite made by Brazilian junior high students launched in Japan, Agência Brasil)