classroomnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈklɑːs.ruːm//ˈklɑːs.rʊm/us/ˈklæs.ruːm//ˈklæs.rʊm/A1 a room in a school or college where groups of students are taught
in the classroom
being taught by a teacher:
Students learning computer studies spend two days each week in a computer lab and four days in the classroom.
teaching classes of students in school or college:
There are also no promotions within the school, so that teachers remain in the classroom throughout their careers.
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- I don't think another desk will fit into this classroom.
- There was so much noise in the classroom that I could hardly hear myself think.
- The children's work has been mounted on cards and put up on the walls of the classroom.
- Students are expected to be quiet and obedient in the classroom.
- The children put up posters on the classroom walls.
- The classroom presented a cheerful busy atmosphere to the visitors .
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Parts of buildings: rooms
- antechamber
- anteroom
- atelier
- atrium
- attic
- ballroom
- conservatory
- double room
- en suite
- eyrie
- family room
- form room
- front room
- gymnasium
- parlour
- reading room
- reception room
- refectory
- room
- snug
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Schools in general
Types of education