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room divider

American  

noun

  1. a partition, as a screen or freestanding bookcase, that separates one part of a room from another.


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Hoping to find a semi-sheer screen and perhaps some soundproofing, she shopped in vain for a room divider.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 22, 2022

We think drop cloths would also work well for creating a room divider.

From Slate • Jan. 4, 2019

He might have been seated in a dark corner or hiding behind a room divider, but he was a silent observer at best.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2018

Waves of colored light drifted over the surface of a room divider, which was made of L.E.D.-stuffed beer bottles.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 2, 2016

The room divider split the storefront into a front section and a back section.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2015

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