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Definition of schoolhouse

schoolhouse

/ˈskuːl.haʊs/
school · house
Plural:schoolhouses
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schoolhouse Lexical Profile

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• noun

1

North American A building used as a school, especially a small, traditional, or rural one-room building in a village or small town.

Example

"The historical society restored the nineteenth-century wooden schoolhouse and opened it to the public as a local museum."

Synonyms
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• Rhymes for schoolhouse

• Nearby Words

schoolgirlish
schoolgirlishly
schoolgoing
schoolhouse
schooling
schoolkeeper
schoolkid

Word Origin & Etymology

Dating back to Old English as 'scolhus', it is a compound formed from 'school' (from Latin 'schola') and 'house' (from Old English 'hus').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Schoolhouse. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/schoolhouse
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