schoolhouse
Americannoun
plural
schoolhousesnoun
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a building used as a school, esp a rural school
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a house attached to a school
Etymology
Origin of schoolhouse
First recorded in 1400–50, schoolhouse is from the late Middle English word scolehous. See school 1, house
Example Sentences
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“Parents’ fundamental right to raise their children according to their faith doesn’t stop at the schoolhouse door,” said Mark Rienzi, president of the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty.
From Los Angeles Times
“Instead of having to stay in the schoolhouse to study, you could just go outside and sit under a tree. I think I’d like that.”
From Literature
Shoot, it wasn’t even a dribble on the big map of the United States that hung on the schoolhouse wall.
From Literature
And I don’t mean to sound boastful, but I won the penmanship contest at my schoolhouse here in Saint Catharines.
From Literature
About one hundred feet up that path sat the Mary McLeod Bethune Grade School, the white wooden two-room schoolhouse where our town’s Colored children were educated.
From Literature
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