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schoolroom

schoolroom noun: a classroom, a room in a school used for instruction.

schoolroom: a classroom, a room in a school used for instruction
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Noun

schoolroom (plural schoolrooms)

  1. A classroom, a room in a school used for instruction.

Examples of schoolroom in a sentence

  • "Young lady, that's the most honest-to-goodness useful thing I ever heard hail from a schoolroom!"
  • Stephen's craze for physical culture increased, and now it began to invade the schoolroom.
  • Dumb-bells appeared in the schoolroom bookcases, while half worn-out gym shoes skulked in the corners.

All 14 example sentences with schoolroom

Forms of schoolroom

pluralschoolrooms
alternative formschool-room

Origin of schoolroom

From school + room.

Questions about schoolroom

What does schoolroom mean?
Schoolroom means a classroom, a room in a school used for instruction.
What part of speech is schoolroom?
Schoolroom is a noun.
What is the plural of schoolroom?
The plural of schoolroom is schoolrooms.

Words near schoolroom in the dictionary

  1. schoolpeople
  2. schoolperson
  3. schoolpersons
  4. schoolphobia
  5. schoolphobic
  6. schoolroom
  7. schoolrooms
  8. schoolrun
  9. schoolruns
  10. schools
  11. schools of hard knocks

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