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homeroom

homeroom

30 2.8
A classroom where a group of students meet each morning for attendance and school notices
  • noun
  • /ˈhoʊmˌrum/
  • US
: tutoría
  • 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
489 1.0

A room in a school where teachers teach lessons

focuses on administrative start-of-day meetings rather than lessons
home room
vshomeroom
  • US
5 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
schoolroom
vshomeroom
5 1.0

A room in a school where children have lessons

is narrower and used for scheduled administrative group meetings

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.