classroom

noun

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

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Sixteen classrooms are decorated in various ways to curate learning spaces children might encounter on field trips. Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Nov. 2025 Records show that the boy overturned furniture and tossed items around a classroom and pushed and struck at least one other child. Nashville Tennessean, 12 Nov. 2025 In it, Kingsnorth chronicles his disenchantment with the activism that had once been his life’s work—the very kind of advocacy that had driven many of my students, that had driven me, into that classroom in the first place. Tyler Austin Harper, The Atlantic, 11 Nov. 2025 The stalking became more invasive in 2019 when Kaya, who was by then 17 and aware of the letters, was called from a classroom to the school office. Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 11 Nov. 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 15 Nov. 2025.

Kids Definition

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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