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Added 9 October 2026

schoolhouse

/ˈskulˌhaʊs/ noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about schoolhouse at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A building where young people receive education.
the school was built in 1932

Origin

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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