kindergarten

noun/ˈkɪndərˌɡɑrtn/

Frequency rank: #5,430 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

a school or class for young children, usually aged four to six, before they start primary school.

Illustration for the English word “kindergarten”

Example sentence

My little sister cried on her first day at kindergarten.

Synonyms & related words

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