reading room

American  

noun

1. a room set aside for reading, as in a library or club.

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Etymology

Origin of reading room

First recorded in 1750–60

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Example Sentences

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reading room

“We got it cataloged immediately, which means someone can order it up in the reading room tomorrow, and that’s warp speed for us,” she added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

“There are places where men want to be by themselves,” said one member, who spent years going there to read when the bar housed a reading room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

The decision to revoke Wilde's pass for the library - then the British Museum reading room - was recorded without comment in the trustees' minutes for 15 June 1895.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2025

Local stained-glass expert Raymond Nyson is credited with the main and Smith reading room leaded glass of this superb Gothic Revival space.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

The boy who first entered a classroom barely able to speak English, twenty years later concluded his studies in the stately quiet of the reading room in the British Museum.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

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