courtroom

noun

court·​room ˈkȯrt-ˌrüm How to pronounce courtroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room in which a court of law is held

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The pair was also in a courtroom in Colorado Springs last week. Kelly Werthmann, CBS News, 23 Dec. 2025 Over the past several months, Hanaway’s office has promoted a series of legal maneuvers and courtroom victories that have garnered less national attention than the controversies surrounding the map. Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 22 Dec. 2025 While the cases differ dramatically, Harpootlian said decades inside South Carolina courtrooms have given him a perspective on how the justice system operates. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 21 Dec. 2025 Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series spotlighting the year’s most talked about scripts continues with Nuremberg, writer-director James Vanderbilt‘s edge-of-the-seat courtroom drama that centers on the real-life work at the end of World War II to bring the Nazi regime to justice. Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 21 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for courtroom

Word History

First Known Use

1677, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of courtroom was in 1677

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“Courtroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/courtroom. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.

Kids Definition

courtroom

noun
court·​room ˈkō(ə)rt-ˌrüm How to pronounce courtroom (audio)
ˈkȯ(ə)rt-
-ˌru̇m
: a room in which a court of law is held

Legal Definition

courtroom

noun
court·​room
: a room where court is held

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