courtroom
pronunciation
How to pronounce courtroom in British English:
UK [ˈkɔːtruːm]
How to pronounce courtroom in American English:
US [ˈkɔːrtruːm]
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- Noun:
- a room in which a law court sits
Word Origin
- courtroom (n.)
- 1670s, from court (n.) + room (n.).
Example
- 1. Yet her disrespectful courtroom behaviour hardly justified her arrest .
- 2. People spat on her as she walked into the courtroom .
- 3. It is the strangest of courtroom dramas .
- 4. A clerk hears laughing behind the door of a courtroom .
- 5. Contract disputes seldom produce courtroom drama .