COURTROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does courtroom mean? 

• COURTROOM (noun)
  The noun COURTROOM has 1 sense:

1. a room in which a lawcourt sits

  Familiarity information: COURTROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COURTROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A room in which a lawcourt sits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

court; courtroom

Context example:

television cameras were admitted in the courtroom

Hypernyms ("courtroom" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Meronyms (parts of "courtroom"):

bar ((law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried)

bench ((law) the seat for judges in a courtroom)

jury box (an enclosure within a courtroom for the jury)

witness box; witness stand (a box enclosure for a witness when testifying)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Holonyms ("courtroom" is a part of...):

courthouse (a building that houses judicial courts)

 Context examples 

If you are a courtroom lawyer, for example, your opening and closing statements will now be off the charts with your moving ability to persuade others (i.e., the jury).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)