schoolhouse

[ skool-hous ]
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noun,plural school·hous·es [skool-hou-ziz]. /ˈskulˌhaʊ zɪz/.
  1. a building in which a school is conducted.

Origin of schoolhouse

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First recorded in 1400–50, schoolhouse is from the late Middle English word scolehous.See school1, house

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British Dictionary definitions for schoolhouse

schoolhouse

/ (ˈskuːlˌhaʊs) /


noun
  1. a building used as a school, esp a rural school

  2. a house attached to a school

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