classroom

«classroom» in Mova's school dictionary: a room in a school where pupils have lessons — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (classroom, classrooms)

meaning for a pupil

A classroom is a room in a school where pupils have lessons. tree →

sense in the lessons

maths: a room with pupils, desks, or an area; counted in a school (total = classrooms × pupils each); area and perimeter of the room; school life: rules, the board, the reading corner; safety: fire drills, lining up at the door

examples

• Each classroom has 28 students. tree →
• The school has 12 classrooms. tree →
• The classroom is 30 ft by 25 ft. tree →
• There are 6 rows of desks in the classroom. tree →
• Our classroom has a fish tank. tree →
• Please keep the classroom tidy. tree →
• During the fire drill we left the classroom in a line. tree →
• The classroom door is painted blue. tree →
• Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom! tree →

note

Often a group: total = classrooms × pupils each. Trap: none special. Area of the room = length × width; perimeter = all sides added.

In the corpora

• Think of an owl pellet on a classroom table: a ball of fur and tiny bones the owl coughed up, not poo.
• The big chart of coloured squares on the science-classroom wall is the periodic table, and every square is one element.
• When the head teacher walks into the classroom, pupils stop talking and look up, and some schools ask them to stand.
• When the bell rings, you go straight to your line or classroom and get ready to listen.
• Tipping back on chairs is a common cause of head injuries in classrooms.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «classroom» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.