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KORTR-oom/ˈkɔːtruːm/

A courtroom is the room where a court sits. Court is the institution (already in the dictionary); courthouse is the building. Phones must be silent in the courtroom.

Meaning

The room in which a law court meets.

Examples

• “Phones must be silent in the courtroom.”
• “A courtroom sketch is allowed when cameras are not, which is the reporting sense.”

Good to know

a courtroom. Institution: a court. Building: a courthouse. Reporting restrictions. Countable rooms. One word.

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