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workroom

American  
[wurk-room, -room] / ˈwɜrkˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

noun

  • workrooms
    plural
  1. a room in which work is carried on.


workroom British  
/ -ˌrʊm, ˈwɜːkˌruːm /

noun

  1. a room in which work, usually manual labour, is done

  2. a room in a house set aside for a hobby, such as sewing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of workroom

First recorded in 1820–30; work + room

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In the weeks before the big day, Eve had worked as a runner in the workroom.

From BBC May 4, 2023

Seven senior staff arrived at the little workroom at 7 a.m. and went over patients' brain imaging with the residents.

From Salon Nov. 20, 2022

In January 2021, Cherry Valentine entered the workroom of “RuPaul’s Drag Race UK” and immediately made a fellow queen laugh.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 23, 2022

Spatial, an early player in virtual reality workroom apps, is changing its focus to virtual art galleries showcasing non-fungible tokens, or NFTs.

From The Verge Dec. 15, 2021

The workroom and the women in it had become a part of me.

From "Homeless Bird" by Gloria Whelan

Pupils in some affected schools have been unable to access design-and-technology workrooms, laboratories and other specialist spaces.

From BBC Feb. 8, 2024

The workrooms contained metal lathes, hand tools and grey casings, but it was not possible to verify what had been made there.

From Reuters Nov. 9, 2023

In the cavernous hallways between Kansas City’s secured warhead workrooms are green and white nursing pods with a greeting: “Welcome mothers.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 19, 2023

Rather, he focused on using a wide variety of archival photographs of places like the Dior workrooms for reference.

From New York Times May 27, 2021

Outside the workrooms, Los Alamos was a disaster.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin

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