schoolhouse
noun
school·house
ˈskül-ˌhau̇s 
: a building used as a school and especially as an elementary school
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Learning about history may not necessarily come from the schoolhouse these days, but your own house, the church house, the local bookstore, the local museum, the local library, the job site and online resources.
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Pia Jordan, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
From the outside, the building could as easily be a schoolhouse or hotel, with tall doors tucked under concrete arches and little balconies bracketing the windows along the second floor.
—Ligaya Mishan Anthony Cotsifas Emily Woo Zeller Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 13 May 2024
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Pia Jordan, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2024
From the outside, the building could as easily be a schoolhouse or hotel, with tall doors tucked under concrete arches and little balconies bracketing the windows along the second floor.
—Ligaya Mishan Anthony Cotsifas Emily Woo Zeller Tanya Pérez Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 13 May 2024
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“Schoolhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/schoolhouse. Accessed 30 May. 2024.
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schoolhouse
noun
school·house
-ˌhau̇s
: a building used as a school
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