breakroom
noun
a room in a workplace that is set aside for employees to use during a break from work, as to relax, socialize, or eat.
break room
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a variation of
breakroom.
Example Sentences
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For instance, rather than have controllers eligible for a break spend the remaining half-hour of their shift in a break room, it would be fine to allow them to leave early.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
He remembers the time - nearly 19:40 - and where he had been sitting - in the break room.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2025
A salt dome, a break room at the depot, the inside cab of one of the trucks and an Evanston living room make up this chilly theatrical cosmos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
The former break room: to become a black box theater.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2024
I got to work a few minutes early and I saw me a sight in the break room.
From "Girls Like Us" by Gail Giles
