toolroom

American  

[tool-room, -room] / ˈtulˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

noun

1. a room, as in a machine shop, in which tools are stored, repaired, produced, etc.

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toolroom British  

/ ˈtuːlruːm, -rʊm /

noun

1. a room, as in a machine shop, where tools are made or stored

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Etymology

Origin of toolroom

First recorded in 1875–80; tool + room

Example Sentences

At the drop of a soldering iron or the wrong twist of a vise, like-minded hobbyists from Havana to Hong Kong lay their problems on the workbench of this toolroom Da Vinci.

From Time Magazine Archive

Periodically a short man in rumpled suit and bow tie moves into the prison toolroom, lugging a tape recorder, a six-string guitar, a twelve-string guitar and a fiddle.

From Time Magazine Archive

Examples: code clerk, toolroom keeper, truckmaster and cartographer.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You get out of here!" came the unexpected answer, from a small toolroom, the door to which was split but tightly closed.

From The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds by Stratemeyer, Edward

They saw the former teacher glaring at them from the split in the toolroom door.

From The Rover Boys in the Air From College Campus to the Clouds by Stratemeyer, Edward