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classroom

[ klas-room, -room, klahs- ]

/ ˈklæsˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈklɑs- /

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noun

a room, as in a school or college, in which classes are held.

any place where one learns or gains experience: The sea is the sailor's classroom.

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Origin of classroom

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

Words nearby classroom

class list, class mark, classmate, class meaning, classon, classroom, classroom assistant, class structure, class struggle, classwork, classy

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for classroom

This is a provocative subject that is ready-made for the classroom.
Dr. King Goes to Hollywood: The Flawed History of ‘Selma’|Gary May|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The killers went from classroom to classroom mowing down teachers and students alike.
Taliban: We Slaughtered 100+ Kids Because Their Parents Helped America|Sami Yousafzai|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A classroom experiment seeks to demonstrate what it looks like.
What Is Privilege?|The Daily Beast Video|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Trailing only the economy, education and classroom issues dominated thinking among voters nationwide.
Why Voters Love Common Core|Harold Ford Jr.|November 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Child workers, even when they are brought back into the classroom, are unable to cope without proper bridge courses.
Stopping the Small Hands of Slavery|Meenakshi Ganguly|October 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Babs hurried off to the Fifth classroom, and arrived just in time for the geography lesson.
The Youngest Girl in the School|Evelyn Sharp
They went into the back of the classroom, and near the cubbies was a shelf with some large flat boxes and some smaller ones.
Baartock|Lewis Roth
More work is done in the classroom and on the ground to make the fighting pilot than in the air.
Aircraft and Submarines|Willis J. Abbot.
In the classroom the instructor is the "coach" of the game and she is the person with whom to talk.
A Girl's Student Days and After|Jeannette Marks
His scholarship was backed by thoroughness of application in the classroom.
Charles Edward Putney|Various

British Dictionary definitions for classroom

classroom

/ (ˈklɑːsˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /

noun

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

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