| preparatory school | |
| —n | |
| 1. | (in Britain) a private school, usually single-sex and for children between the ages of 6 and 13, generally preparing pupils for public school |
| 2. | (in the US) a private secondary school preparing pupils for college |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |