Schoolhouse

/ˈskulˌhaʊs/ noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.
  2. 2
    a building where young people receive education wordnet

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campusclassiceducation buildingeducationaleducational buildinghall

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"The schoolhouse was burnt to ashes."

Etymology

From Middle English scolehous, scole-hous, equivalent to school + house. Compare West Frisian skoallehûs, skoalhûs (“schoolhouse”), Dutch schoolhuis (“schoolhouse”), German Schulhaus (“schoolhouse”).

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