A sudden repressive or punitive restriction or control

(education) A class, typically in a performing art such as music or drama, in which a teacher listens to and critiques the performance of individual students, one at a time, while the other students look on.

The largest musical instrument in the clarinet family, sounding two octaves below the soprano clarinet.

A class of people in a society characterized by low incomes, low level of education, high unemployment and, as a result of these, a low social status.

(linguistics) A grammatical category similar to gender in which nouns may be organised according to meaning, such as sex, animacy or shape. This is a prominent feature of some of the world's languages, notably the Bantu language family.

(US) A person in a school's student council who takes minutes at meetings etc.

(US) A former class of mail consisting mostly of heavier printed matter.

(US) The designated location for receiving checked luggage, such as the baggage carousels at an airport.

A social and economic class lying above the lower middle class and below the upper class.

A social and economic demographic, commonly identified as part of the upper middle class. / (in the plural) The groups in society composed of highly educated professionals.