classroom

[klas-room, -room, klahs-] / ˈklæsˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈklɑs- /

NOUN

room where learning takes place

Synonyms

STRONG

hall homeroom lecture room school room study hall

WEAK

auditorium lab library study theater workshop

Example Sentences

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School districts have been implementing phone bans because of classroom distraction as well as students using them to film fights, spread gossip and bully one another.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

Then we visited the robotics classroom, where he turned on a faucet, and the flow was closer to the color of apple juice than water.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

"It's a different way of approaching the development of skills, understanding and knowledge within the classroom."

From BBC • May 27, 2026

For “Four Seasons” star Kerri Kenney-Silver, comedy began as a classroom prank.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026

It was a seating chart, Jonah realized, like for a classroom.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix