schoolhouse
noun
school·house
ˈskül-ˌhau̇s 
: a building used as a school and especially as an elementary school
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And in that same moment, he was cocooned and saved from harm in a tiny cave of wood and stone that formed around him near the outermost wall when the three-story schoolhouse compressed down like a big cardboard box to barely one story tall.
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Charles Pellegrino, Deadline, 31 July 2025
Three years later, the schoolhouse found a new permanent home at Colonial Williamsburg.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
There were also several churches, a schoolhouse and other communal buildings.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 May 2025
Start your crash course in area history at the Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center, located in a historic schoolhouse in the heart of Fairfax’s historic downtown.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025
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Charles Pellegrino, Deadline, 31 July 2025
Three years later, the schoolhouse found a new permanent home at Colonial Williamsburg.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2025
There were also several churches, a schoolhouse and other communal buildings.
—Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 May 2025
Start your crash course in area history at the Fairfax Museum and Visitor Center, located in a historic schoolhouse in the heart of Fairfax’s historic downtown.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for schoolhouse
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“Schoolhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolhouse. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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schoolhouse
noun
school·house
-ˌhau̇s
: a building used as a school
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