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noun
A building housing a school, especially a small or single-room one.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a building where young people receive education
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: school
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: building, edifice
Narrower terms: conservatory, conservatoire, day school
History
From Middle English scolehous, scole-hous, equivalent to school + house. Compare West Frisian skoallehûs, skoalhûs (“schoolhouse”), Dutch schoolhuis (“schoolhouse”), German Schulhaus (“schoolhouse”).
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
