SCHOOLROOM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does schoolroom mean? 

• SCHOOLROOM (noun)
  The noun SCHOOLROOM has 1 sense:

1. a room in a school where lessons take place

  Familiarity information: SCHOOLROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCHOOLROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A room in a school where lessons take place

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

classroom; schoolroom

Hypernyms ("schoolroom" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "schoolroom"):

home room; homeroom (a classroom in which all students in a particular grade (or in a division of a grade) meet at certain times under the supervision of a teacher who takes attendance and does other administrative business)

lecture room (classroom where lectures are given)

study hall (a classroom reserved for study)

Holonyms ("schoolroom" is a part of...):

school; schoolhouse (a building where young people receive education)

 Context examples 

I and my pupil dined as usual in Mrs. Fairfax's parlour; the afternoon was wild and snowy, and we passed it in the schoolroom.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Fanny, whether near or from her cousins, whether in the schoolroom, the drawing-room, or the shrubbery, was equally forlorn, finding something to fear in every person and place.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I gazed upon the schoolroom into which he took me, as the most forlorn and desolate place I had ever seen.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

It was my privilege to be your friend and guide when you came from the schoolroom to prepare for the world of life.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

He acknowledged that, but he had a feeling that he was not sharing his work with her for the purpose of schoolroom correction.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Wax-candles in the schoolroom!

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

A fire was lit in an apartment upstairs, and there I carried our books, and arranged it for the future schoolroom.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

On the contrary, a large majority of the boys (especially the smaller ones) were visited with similar instances of notice, as Mr. Creakle made the round of the schoolroom.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

They can't go any faster than the ruck of their scholars, and I can set a faster pace for myself than they set for a whole schoolroom.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It was drawing to an end now; but the evening was even warm, and I sat at work in the schoolroom with the window open.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)