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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Patel, his friend and a few others began eating lunch in a teacher’s classroom after that.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026

School cafeterias are a common place for bullying to occur, she says, because the student-to-staff ratio is much higher than in a classroom.

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

The butterflies had not yet been released, but once free of their storage nets, the space would become "a living classroom", Matt Simmonds, founder of Sussex Butterfly House, explained.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

Definitely not in the classroom or on the playground, in the office, the auditorium, or the gym.

From "Ida B" by Katherine Hannigan