chat room

American  

Also chatroom

noun

Digital Technology.

1. a branch of a computer network or a software application in which participants can engage in real-time discussions about a specific topic with one another group chat.

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chat room Cultural  

1. A service provided by certain ISPs that allows a group of people to communicate with each other by typing at their keyboards.

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Chat rooms can facilitate free-flowing conversations ranging from a discussion about pop music to friendly banter.

Example Sentences

“Only dorks visit chat rooms,” one of the girls said, looping her arm around the jeering guy’s elbow.

From Literature

And personal computers offered even more entertainment possibilities, especially when they became connected to the internet and brought access to chat rooms, bulletin boards, email and more.

From The Wall Street Journal

Before the sun rose over a barren desert landscape, YouTuber Jimmy Williams watched as hundreds of subscribers took to his online chat room.

From BBC

That knowledge has led to strategies—which GLP-1 patients have been discussing in internet chat rooms and on social-media sites—to skip or delay doses to maximize appetites for the feast.

From The Wall Street Journal

Perhaps the sentiments of those of us who love both crews was summed up best in a chat room devoted to the feud.

From Salon