classroom

noun

class·​room ˈklas-ˌrüm How to pronounce classroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a place where classes meet

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The new Jewish Community Center will provide Harford Chabad a permanent location to house all their programs with the addition of new things like Bar and Bat Mitzvah training, celebrations and classrooms. Shaela Foster, Baltimore Sun, 27 June 2025 Schoolchildren practice the violin in a classroom at Son Shin Elementary School in Seoul, South Korea in this undated file photo. Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025 The board’s goal is to have two separate areas — the classrooms and the theater — so that rehearsals and classes can happen simultaneously This would also allow the organization to offer more classes and camps, boosting income from these offerings and reaching more students, Stabno said. Janice Phelan, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2025 That sort of rhetoric might land better coming from a more traditional teachers union focused mainly on the classroom, but not from this messianic group of ultra-leftists. The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for classroom

Word History

First Known Use

1777, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of classroom was in 1777

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“Classroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/classroom. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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classroom

noun
class·​room -ˌrüm How to pronounce classroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room in a school or college in which classes meet

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