schoolhouse
noun
school·house
ˈskül-ˌhau̇s 
: a building used as a school and especially as an elementary school
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Hiram also founded a one-room schoolhouse where Paula King Harper, another of his descendants, says her grandmother once taught.
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Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
An explosion would occur at the local schoolhouse, with a trio of headstones all that remains of the grim anniversary.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
Next on the tour was a visit to the one-room schoolhouse at the park’s museum.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
There is a lot riding on this case, which could have implications for the wall between church and state even beyond the schoolhouse.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
An explosion would occur at the local schoolhouse, with a trio of headstones all that remains of the grim anniversary.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2025
Next on the tour was a visit to the one-room schoolhouse at the park’s museum.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
There is a lot riding on this case, which could have implications for the wall between church and state even beyond the schoolhouse.
—Peter Greene, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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“Schoolhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolhouse. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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schoolhouse
noun
school·house
-ˌhau̇s
: a building used as a school
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