: a classroom where pupils report especially at the beginning of each school day
Examples of homeroom in a Sentence
They were assigned to different homerooms.
He was late for homeroom.
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Their gumshoeing is eventually interrupted by Mom, who turns up to take Francis to school, probably because Lee can’t be trusted to get her there by homeroom.
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
So if your kid misses homeroom or an adult forgets the new school pickup time, the new feature provides a digital heads-up.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 20 Aug. 2025
Lifelong scapegoats will cheer the underdogs' triumph, while former homeroom villains of all generations will shed a nostalgic tear at Dillon's showcase of evergreen bully tactics: the locker prison, the wet toilet-paper bomb, and the bathroom surprise attack.
—Michelle Kung, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The missing kids aren’t a random selection of Maybrook students, but the entirety of Justine Gandy’s (Julia Garner) homeroom class.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2025
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Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2025
So if your kid misses homeroom or an adult forgets the new school pickup time, the new feature provides a digital heads-up.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 20 Aug. 2025
Lifelong scapegoats will cheer the underdogs' triumph, while former homeroom villains of all generations will shed a nostalgic tear at Dillon's showcase of evergreen bully tactics: the locker prison, the wet toilet-paper bomb, and the bathroom surprise attack.
—Michelle Kung, EW.com, 18 Aug. 2025
The missing kids aren’t a random selection of Maybrook students, but the entirety of Justine Gandy’s (Julia Garner) homeroom class.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 8 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for homeroom
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“Homeroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/homeroom. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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homeroom
noun
home·room
ˈhōm-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
: a classroom where pupils report usually at the beginning of each school day
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