boardroom

American  

[bawrd-room, -room, bohrd-] / ˈbɔrdˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈboʊrd- /

Or board room

noun

• boardrooms
  plural

1. a room set aside for meetings of a board, as of a corporation.

2. a room in a broker's office where stock-market quotations are listed on a board or by other means.

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boardroom British  

/ ˈbɔːdˌruːm, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. 1. a room where the board of directors of a company meets

   2. ( as modifier )

      a boardroom power struggle

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• boardrooms
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of boardroom

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; board + room

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

boardroom boardrooms

For the Tatas, who are no strangers to boardroom battles, a cloud of uncertainty now prevails at multiple levels.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

While Ternus’s relative youth gives him a long horizon to steer Apple through its next technological transformation, it could also point to gaps in geopolitical and boardroom experience.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026

“As I have said before, generally for all cases, I prefer to resolve disputes in the boardroom, not the courtroom,” Bonta said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

But, the five firms struggled to form a cohesive strategy at EverBank, leading to tension between the owners and inside the boardroom, the people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

I imagined he did that in the boardroom of his land development company and made his employees nervous.

From "The Last Olympian" by Rick Riordan

She moves through the rooms where its future is discussed, from Silicon Valley boardrooms to Downing Street, Davos and the Vatican.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Today you find guys talking smack just about everywhere, from locker rooms to barrooms to boardrooms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

But change will be felt in the boardrooms and in players' pockets.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

Epstein’s network had infiltrated the boardrooms of hundreds of major U.S. companies, with clear consequences for corporate misconduct affecting employees and the broader business culture.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

The Shadowy World of International Finance Strange, penumbral, characters roam the boardrooms of banks in the countries in transition.

From Crime and Corruption by Samuel Vaknin

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