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schoolhouse

/ˈskulˌhaʊs/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.92 in modern English

Syllables
school-house
IPA
/ˈskulˌhaʊs/
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English scolehous, scole-hous, equivalent to school + house. Compare West Frisian skoallehûs, skoalhûs (“schoolhouse”), Dutch schoolhuis (“schoolhouse”), German Schulhaus (“schoolhouse”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈskulˌhaʊs/

Inflected Forms

schoolhouses (plural) scholehouse (alternative, obsolete) school-house (alternative, archaic)

Synonyms

school

Questions

How do you pronounce schoolhouse?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskulˌhaʊs/.
What does schoolhouse mean?
A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.
Where does schoolhouse come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce schoolhouse

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