schoolroom

Everyday

A room where children are taught, especially in an old school or a big house. tree →

In the lessons

In older stories and history, rich families had a schoolroom at home where a governess taught the children; village schools had one schoolroom for all ages. Today we say «classroom». Alice thinks of her lessons and the schoolroom when she tries to say her tables.

Examples

• The old schoolroom had a big black stove. tree →
• In Victorian times, all ages learned in one schoolroom. tree →
• The governess taught the children in the schoolroom upstairs. tree →
• We visited a Victorian schoolroom at the museum. tree →
• Slates and chalk lay on the schoolroom desks. tree →
• The schoolroom smelled of ink and wood. tree →

Note

Plural: schoolrooms. Today the usual word is classroom.