schoolhouse
noun
school·house
ˈskül-ˌhau̇s 
: a building used as a school and especially as an elementary school
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Although the Texas White House is currently undergoing renovations, visitors can still take a ranch driving tour that stops at the modest home where Johnson was born and his boyhood schoolhouse.
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Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
Kids and parents can go on wagon rides, fish or take a look through a 1900s one-room schoolhouse similar.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
Also, last summer, archaeologists in Williamsburg, Virginia, dug up artifacts from the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Sorenson sees value in the schoolhouse in a polarized America.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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Jill Robbins, Travel + Leisure, 3 Apr. 2026
Kids and parents can go on wagon rides, fish or take a look through a 1900s one-room schoolhouse similar.
—Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2026
Also, last summer, archaeologists in Williamsburg, Virginia, dug up artifacts from the oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 1 Apr. 2026
Sorenson sees value in the schoolhouse in a polarized America.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 1 Apr. 2026
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 6 Apr. 2026.
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schoolhouse
noun
school·house
-ˌhau̇s
: a building used as a school
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