Meaning & use
home room
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Meanings
nouncountable or uncountableAmerican
A short daily school period when students meet with a teacher for attendance and announcements.
Grammar: Can be used with or without a/an: I have home room first period; Our home room is in Room 12.
Patterns
- have home room
- in home room
- home room teacher
We have home room for ten minutes before first period.
The principal made the announcement during home room.
My home room teacher handed out the field trip forms.
nouncountableAmerican
The classroom where a group of students meets for this daily period.
Grammar: Usually used with a possessive or the: my home room, the home room on the second floor.
Patterns
- go to home room
- in the home room
Her home room is right next to the library.
The students went to their home rooms after the bell.
Word forms
| plural | home rooms |
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Common combinations
- home room teacher
- The home room teacher takes attendance every morning.
- during home room
- We watched the school news during home room.
- have home room
- Do you have home room before or after lunch?
- home room period
- The home room period is only fifteen minutes long.
Synonyms and how they differ
- homeroom
- The same thing, but usually written as one word, especially in compounds like homeroom teacher.
- registration
- Used in British schools for the similar daily period when attendance is taken; home room is the American term.
Word family
- homeroom noun
- One-word spelling of home room.
Commonly confused: home room or homework?
home room vs homework
Homework is schoolwork you do at home; home room is a short school period for attendance and announcements.
Practice
In American schools, what usually happens during home room?
Choose one answer.
Home room is a short daily period for attendance and announcements, not for tests, lunch, or sports.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “home room”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.