reading room

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of reading room¹

First recorded in 1750–60

Example Sentences

And in the place of his office they created a special reading room for the girls.

From BBC

In response to his request, a box containing manuscripts would be transported to a reserved reading room at the Charles E. Young Research Library of UCLA.

From Los Angeles Times

The pandemic closed the reading room, once open five days a week, four hours a day.

From Los Angeles Times

But then there is that library, with the ambience of a Victorian Era reading room.

From New York Times

And even that scene depends on a magnificent overhead pullback, accentuating the symbolic rings within rings of the building’s historic reading room, to make it interesting.

From Los Angeles Times