Schoolroom
['skuːlruːm;-rʊm] or ['skulrum]
Definition
(n.) A room in which pupils are taught.
Checker: Wyatt
Examples
- We entered the playground enclosure, and walked by the schoolroom window to get round to the door, which was situated at the back of the building. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- A clock in the schoolroom struck nine; Miss Miller left her circle, and standing in the middle of the room, cried-- Silence! Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I was now in the schoolroom; Adele was drawing; I bent over her and directed her pencil. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- How I laughed when I reached the schoolroom. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I got as far as the schoolroom door; there my courage failed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The remedy was, to thrust them forward into the centre of the schoolroom, and oblige them to stand there till the sermon was finished. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Shirley seemed about to reply, but here the schoolroom door unclosed, admitting Mr. Sympson. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I made no reply, but advanced to the closed schoolroom door. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Ordinary morality, and hence that of the schoolroom, is likely to be an inconsistent compromise of both views. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- A fire was lit in an apartment upstairs, and there I carried our books, and arranged it for the future schoolroom. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Word it as, in former days, you would have worded an ordinary summons to the schoolroom. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- After dinner, we immediately adjourned to the schoolroom: lessons recommenced, and were continued till five o'clock. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Moore, sitting in the schoolroom, heard the storm roar round the other gable and along the hall-front. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She herself measured out the milk, and distributed the bread round the cosy circle now enclosing the bright little schoolroom fire. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- A bell summoned the teachers, patrons, and patronesses to the schoolroom. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The air which goes to the schoolrooms is warmed by passage over the radiators. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There were three schoolrooms, all large. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Checked by Cathy