classroom

[ klas-room, -room, klahs- ]

noun

1. a room, as in a school or college, in which classes classis are held.
2. any place where one learns or gains experience:

   The sea is the sailor's classroom.

classroom

/ -ˌrʊm; ˈklɑːsˌruːm /

noun

1. a room in which classes are conducted, esp in a school or college

Word History and Origins

Origin of classroom¹

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70; class + room

Example Sentences

This is a provocative subject that is ready-made for the classroom.

From The Daily Beast

Why had teachers at Jamaica High School resorted to overusing 911 for common classroom disruptions?

From The Daily Beast

After years at the head of a parochial school classroom, he could no longer distinguish one blond Irish Catholic kid from another.

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The killers went from classroom to classroom mowing down teachers and students alike.

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A classroom experiment seeks to demonstrate what it looks like.

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As the classroom they had selected was in a remote part of the building, there was little immediate chance of detection.

From Project Gutenberg

Next evening when preparation began, Pietrie and Graham got everything ready for the carouse in their classroom.

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So I walked back into the empty senior classroom, there to remain until I should have got the worst of it over.

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I look with veneration upon those of our sisterhood who have grown old in the classroom.

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We all go into this classroom, and we come out two hours later for recess.

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