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homeroom

homeroom

35 2.8
A classroom where a group of students meet each morning for attendance and school notices
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊmˌrum/
  • US
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  • Every morning, students gather in their homeroom to receive announcements from their teacher.
  • homeroom teacher
  • homeroom class
  • homeroom period

So we send her back on Tuesday, and when she goes back, her homeroom teacher is there.

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Examples

  • We have homeroom together.

    The Black Phone (2022)

  • Andre noticed three from his homeroom: a boy and two girls, polite children.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • So we send her back on Tuesday, and when she goes back, her homeroom teacher is there.

    Dad Saves America

  • Get back to your homeroom and stay put until...

    Run Hide Fight (2021)

  • I'll be your homeroom teacher.

    Mean Girls (2024)

  • And now I get to see him every morning in my homeroom.

    One Eight Seven (1997)

  • I remember you from homeroom, freshman year.

    Chronicle (2012)

  • Every year at this time, each homeroom in the school puts together a food basket.

    Academic text (2003)

  • We were in homeroom.

    Saving Christmas (2017)

  • I found Mr. Schuller's ninth-grade homeroom, took a deep breath, and walked up to the teacher.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

classroom
vshomeroom
502 1.0

A room in a school where teachers teach lessons

focuses on administrative start-of-day meetings rather than lessons
schoolroom
vshomeroom
6 1.0

A room in a school where children have lessons

is narrower and used for scheduled administrative group meetings
home room
vshomeroom
  • US
1 2.1

A classroom where students meet each morning for attendance and school notices with their teacher

is identical in meaning but written as one word

Surface Forms

homeroom singular
homerooms plural

Morphology

homeroom = home + room (semi-transparent) = home + room

Formally a clear compound ('home' + 'room'), but the institutional school meaning ('classroom for administrative/group meeting') is specialized and not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

The word homeroom is simply home + room, where home means 'base' or 'main place' for a class. So, a homeroom is the classroom where a class meets each morning for attendance, announcements, and other routine tasks.