workroom

American  

[wurk-room, -room] / ˈwɜrkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. a room in which work is carried on.

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workroom British  

/ -ˌrʊm, ˈwɜːkˌruːm /

noun

1. a room in which work, usually manual labour, is done

2. a room in a house set aside for a hobby, such as sewing

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Etymology

Origin of workroom

First recorded in 1820–30; work + room

Example Sentences

When a customer would order one, the pattern would be waiting in the back workroom to be made fit to tailor.

From Los Angeles Times

The main Masters.com workroom looks like a modern newsroom, with about 200 new-age storytellers generating all types of content during the week of the tournament.

From Los Angeles Times

"They often lived and worked in these spaces but it would be a workroom, really, by day and they would weave as long as the light would allow them to do so."

From BBC

The hidden pathways and workrooms would often be filthy with human excrement, drug paraphernalia and other debris.

From Los Angeles Times

Public meetings grew tense, and according to one account from the time, a school superintendent barged into the English department’s workroom and scolded the teachers for championing “depressing” books.

From New York Times

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