schoolhouse

/ˈskulˌhaʊs/

schoolhouse noun: a building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.

Noun

schoolhouse (plural schoolhouses)

A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.
- A historic schoolhouse burns in Shasta on July 26.2018 August 13, “Massive wildfires scorching California”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 May 2026

schoolhouse meaning in Tamil

schoolhouse in Tamil

பட்டிமம்

Forms of schoolhouse

plural	schoolhouses
alternative form (obsolete)	scholehouse
alternative form (archaic)	school-house

Plural of schoolhouse: schoolhouses

Origin of schoolhouse

From Middle English scolehous, scole-hous, equivalent to school + house. Compare West Frisian skoallehûs, skoalhûs (“schoolhouse”), Dutch schoolhuis (“schoolhouse”), German Schulhaus (“schoolhouse”).

Questions about schoolhouse

What does schoolhouse mean?: Schoolhouse means a building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.
What is schoolhouse in Tamil?: Schoolhouse in Tamil is பட்டிமம். See Schoolhouse meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is schoolhouse?: Schoolhouse is a noun.
How do you pronounce schoolhouse?: Schoolhouse is pronounced /ˈskulˌhaʊs/ (US).
What is the plural of schoolhouse?: The plural of schoolhouse is schoolhouses.

Words near schoolhouse in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: schoolhouse (page history and authors); schoolhouse (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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