playroom

[ pley-room, -room ]

noun

1. a room set aside for children's play or adult recreation.

playroom

/ -ˌrʊm; ˈpleɪˌruːm /

noun

1. a recreation room, esp for children

Word History and Origins

Origin of playroom¹

First recorded in 1810–20; play + room

Example Sentences

Pluto leaped and bounded around the small group playroom, greeting new dogs one by one with appropriate levels of sniffing.

From Washington Post

The advantage in this playroom warfare ought to go to the older—and typically physically bigger—sibling, but that’s not always the case.

From Time

When our daughter’s not using it as a playroom, my wife and I use the area to tend to our bodies.

From Outside Online

In another, a man and three young children celebrate one Sunday afternoon over a completed puzzle in a carpeted playroom.

From Washington Post

Or, you could have a home filled with kids and your old office is now a playroom so you’re looking to set up shop wherever you can find a little room.

From Popular-Science

In the suit, the preschool classroom was described disdainfully as "just one big playroom."

From The Daily Beast

When we were in the carriage riding in the park one would have thought we did not live in the same playroom.

From Project Gutenberg

All teachers have many works, and very soon they turn their playroom into lovely feast-place.

From Project Gutenberg

And with a comprehensive wave and smile that took in every eager face glued to the playroom window, Pippin went his way.

From Project Gutenberg

"Hang them by the chimney in your playroom," said Mary's mother.

From Project Gutenberg

So the children ran up to the playroom with their stockings.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• family room
• game room
• rec room