schoolhouse
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- noun
- /ˈskuːlˌhaʊs/
- Archaic
:
escuela
- The next morning, Ichabod arrived at the schoolhouse and saw a shocking scene.
- a one-room schoolhouse
- an old schoolhouse
- schoolhouse room
He sees humans his size go into this little schoolhouse classroom.
- He sees humans his size go into this little schoolhouse classroom.
- We go down to where Karzai's Karzai is in this schoolhouse.
- The rule of names seems to be, you know, decent enough wizard and he's by the schoolhouse where they are learning the rules of names.
- Biden single, one room schoolhouse Biden.
Examples
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It's a little one-room schoolhouse that my grandmother taught at a long time ago.
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There were still these one room schoolhouses where black individuals were educating their own community.
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Past the old schoolhouse, you turn left.
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Then she led me to the back of the schoolhouse where there was a bathroom.
Fiction book (1993) -
My boy is in the schoolhouse!
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I reckon the new schoolhouse is finally done.
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I'm sure they miss her down at the schoolhouse.
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At eighteen, he began teaching in a one-room schoolhouse, teaching himself as he taught his pupils.
Academic text (2007) -
Childhood dreams were born in a one-room clapboard schoolhouse with eight grades huddled around a coal stove.
Fiction book (1993) -
In the small town, the old schoolhouse still serves as a community center for local events.
Synonyms
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A place where children or young people go to learn
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Etymology
The word schoolhouse comes from joining school ('a place to learn') and house ('a building'), so it literally names the 'house' where learning happens. That's why a schoolhouse means a building where children are taught, often the small, traditional one-room school in a village.