schoolhouse en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈskulˌhaʊs/ (General-American)
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Etymology
From Middle English scolehous, scole-hous, equivalent to school + house. Compare West Frisian skoallehûs, skoalhûs (“schoolhouse”), Dutch schoolhuis (“schoolhouse”), German Schulhaus (“schoolhouse”).
Meanings
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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:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| schoolhouses | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| school-house | alternative, archaic | lexicographic | |
| scholehouse | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
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Translations (5)
mi wharekura (a school building) · fi koulutalo (a school building) · es plantel (a school building) · ru здание школы (a school building) · fi koulurakennus (a school building)