common room

noun

1. a room or lounge for informal use by all.

common room

noun

1. a sitting room in schools, colleges, etc, for the relaxation of students or staff

Word History and Origins

Origin of common room¹

First recorded in 1660–70

Example Sentences

There is no menorah in the Gryffindor common room or any mention of Chanukah in any Harry Potter book.

From The Daily Beast

Garnache gave orders for the horses to be cared for, and bade Rabecque get himself fed in the common room.

From Project Gutenberg

A bright flame was burning in that of the common room, and within the very jambs of its monstrous jaws sat Cæsar and Katy.

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In truth the room in which he found himself was worthy of inspection, for it was no common room, either in aspect or furnishing.

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Thanks to Hearne, it is easy to reproduce the common-room gossip, and the more treasonable talk of honest men at Antiquity Hall.

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Strawberries were fourpence a basket on the ninth of June; and on November 6, White lost one shilling ‘at cards, in common room.’

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