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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classroom/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classroom/#x1)
- The school has 12 classrooms. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classroom/#x2)
- The classroom is 30 ft by 25 ft. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classroom/#x3)
- There are 6 rows of desks in the classroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classroom/#x4)
- Our classroom has a fish tank. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classroom/#x5)
- Please keep the classroom tidy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classroom/#x6)
- During the fire drill we left the classroom in a line. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classroom/#x7)
- The classroom door is painted blue. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classroom/#x8)
- Imagine what the boys said when they saw a Marionette enter the classroom! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classroom/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/302-how-owls-work-silent-wings-turning-heads-pellets-and-owl-myths/4/)
- [The big chart of coloured squares on the science-classroom wall is the periodic table, and every square is one element.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/2-elements-and-the-periodic-table/1/)
- [When the head teacher walks into the classroom, pupils stop talking and look up, and some schools ask them to stand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/121-greeting-adults-and-teachers/15/)
- [When the bell rings, you go straight to your line or classroom and get ready to listen.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/8/)
- [Tipping back on chairs is a common cause of head injuries in classrooms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/254-classroom-rules-and-homework/22/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «classroom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/classroom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.