schoolhouse

noun

school·​house ˈskül-ˌhau̇s 

: a building used as a school and especially as an elementary school

Examples of schoolhouse in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

By that point, McAuley also technically was no longer a one-room schoolhouse, as district leaders added two portable classrooms. — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2026

That doesn’t count the 100 or so microschools in the mix — a version of the one-room schoolhouse that wasn’t tracked or publicly funded previously. — Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 15 July 2026

In a neighboring schoolhouse, Ministry of Health staff offered all children the oral drug praziquantel, which can both prevent and treat the disease. — William McCarthy, NPR, 4 July 2026

Situated in New Orleans’s Marigny neighborhood, Hotel Peter & Paul occupies a former 19th-century Catholic church, schoolhouse, convent, and rectory. — Air Mail, 4 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for schoolhouse

• alehouse
• almshouse
• backhouse
• baghouse
• bakehouse
• bathhouse
• bauhaus
• blockhouse
• boathouse
• brewhouse
• bunkhouse
• clubhouse

Kids Definition

schoolhouse

noun

school·​house -ˌhau̇s 

: a building used as a school