chat room

American  

Also chatroom

noun

Digital Technology.

chat rooms plural

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.

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• chat rooms
  plural

Example Sentences

Fans connect in a Discord chat room for “Otherworld” listeners.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2023

He was charged with the unauthorised transmission and retention of defence materials after dozens of classified files appeared in the online chat room Discord.

From BBC • May 18, 2023

The Times learned about the larger chat room from a Discord user.

From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2023

Teixeira posted the highly classified material in a geopolitical chat room on Discord, a social media platform that started as a hangout for gamers.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 18, 2023

We’d hung out here in his chat room for a few hours the previous evening, watching old Japanese monster movies.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline