Definitions for schoolhouse
ˈskulˌhaʊs; -ˌhaʊ zɪzschool·house

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. school, schoolhousenoun

   a building where young people receive education

   "the school was built in 1932"; "he walked to school every morning"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. schoolhousenoun

   A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Schoolhousenoun

   House of discipline and instruction.

   Etymology: school and house.

   Fair Una ’gan Fidelia fair request,
   To have her knight unto her schoolhouse plac’d. Edmund Spenser.

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1. schoolhouse

   A schoolhouse is a building or structure where students receive their education; typically used to refer to small, traditional educational establishments, particularly in rural or old-fashioned settings.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Schoolhousenoun

   a house appropriated for the use of a school or schools, or for instruction

Matched Categories

1. • Building

Usage in printed sourcesFrom:

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How to pronounce schoolhouse?

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How to say schoolhouse in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of schoolhouse in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of schoolhouse in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of schoolhouse in a Sentence

1. Bill Clinton:

   The First Amendment does not require students to leave their religion at the schoolhouse door. ... If students can wear T-shirts advertising sports teams, rock groups or politicians, they can also wear T-shirts that promote religion. ... Religion is too important to our history and our heritage for us to keep it out of our schools.

2. Dwight D Eisenhower:

   From this day forward, the millions of our schoolchildren will daily proclaim in every city and town, every village and rural schoolhouse, the dedication of our nation and our people to the Almighty. (On signing law for inclusion of the words 'under God' in the Pledge of Allegiance, 14 Jun 54)

3. Doug Ducey:

   Fifty plus years ago politicians stood in the schoolhouse door and wouldn’t let minorities in. Today unions back politicians stand in the schoolhouse door and won't let minorities out, they are trapped in failing schools. That’s what the media should be reporting on. But they want to report on masks, and not talk about math scores.

4. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman:

   Schoolhouse doors must be open to all students in our diverse state, regardless of their immigration status, more than 30 years after the Supreme Court guaranteed a free public education for undocumented children, we must do everything we can to uphold the law and ensure equal access for all our students.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=schoolhouse
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Schoolhouse
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=schoolhouse
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolhouse
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=schoolhouse

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