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KINDERGARTEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kindergarten mean?
• KINDERGARTEN (noun)
The noun KINDERGARTEN has 1 sense:
1. a preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
Familiarity information: KINDERGARTEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A preschool for children age 4 to 6 to prepare them for primary school
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("kindergarten" is a kind of...):
preschool (an educational institution for children too young for elementary school)
Context examples
Indicates that kindergarten is the highest level of education achievement.
(Kindergarten Completion, NCI Thesaurus)
“A labour-saving device for mariners, navigation reduced to kindergarten simplicity,” he answered gaily.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
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