schoolhouse

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US/ˈskulˌhaʊs/

noun

A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.

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school
OriginMiddle English scolehous →
Less commonScrabble 19
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Meanings

nounschoolhouse (plural schoolhouses)

plural schoolhouses · alternative obsolete scholehouse · alternative archaic school-house

  1. A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.

    A historic schoolhouse burns in Shasta on July 26.

    2018 August 13, “Massive wildfires scorching California”, in CNN, archived from the original on 11 May 2026

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna building where young people receive education

Similar
school
Broader
buildingedifice
Also see
school

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishscolehous
  2. Englishschoolhouse

From Middle English scolehous, scole-hous, equivalent to school + house. Compare West Frisian skoallehûs, skoalhûs (“schoolhouse”), Dutch schoolhuis (“schoolhouse”), German Schulhaus (“schoolhouse”).

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Translations

Finnish koulurakennus, koulutalo
  • koulurakennusa school building
  • koulutaloa school building
Māori wharekura
  • wharekuraa school building
Russian здание школы
  • здание школы (zdanije školy)a school building
Spanish plantel
  • plantela school building
Cite this entry
APA

schoolhouse. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolhouse

MLA

“schoolhouse.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolhouse. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “schoolhouse,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/schoolhouse.

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