day room

Or dayroom

noun

1. a room at an institution, as on a military base, providing facilities for leisure activities.

2. (in a hospital) a recreation room for ambulatory patients.

day room

noun

1. a communal living room in a residential institution such as a hospital

Word History and Origins

Origin of day room¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

"They'd written observations of Winbourne being in the day room, sitting there eating his breakfast, and this was three days after he'd passed away," says Carole.

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Brooks said she had heard that Rivas Barillas, who is Latino, was from the “Canoga” gang and that she “hoped he could fight” before directing the other juveniles, all of whom were Black, to attack him in the day room, the claim stated.

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State prison officials said Renee Rodriguez, 51, died at California State Prison-Los Angeles County on Sunday after staff saw fellow inmate Kenneth Wilson attacking him in the day room at 7:15 p.m.

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Leslie spent her time in jail on a mattress on the floor in the day room because there were no cells available.

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The video published last year by The Times shows the 17-year-old sustaining punches and kicks from a series of youths who attack him one at a time inside a “day room” at Los Padrinos.

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