workroom
Americannoun
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workrooms
plural
noun
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a room in which work, usually manual labour, is done
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a room in a house set aside for a hobby, such as sewing
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Origin of workroom
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Public meetings grew tense, and according to one account from the time, a school superintendent barged into the English department’s workroom and scolded the teachers for championing “depressing” books.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2024
With a costume workroom functioning full speed throughout the fall and winter of 2021 in Romania, Atwood created and tailored costumes for each character, including the Nevermore Academy purple-striped uniforms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 21, 2023
In the weeks before the big day, Eve had worked as a runner in the workroom.
From BBC ● May 4, 2023
After her unmasking, much of the episode was dedicated to a somewhat bewildered workroom and judging panel digesting Maddy's Guy Fieri-inspired opening look, electric guitar number and over-the-top Marie Antoinette runway look.
From Salon ● Jan. 15, 2022
A deep voice rose above the shuddering of the wash drum agitators that floated out to the yard from the workroom.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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
No workrooms at her publisher’s office were set up for keyboards; it was suggested that she learn to strum an acoustic, “like everyone else.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 25, 2022
Since Isaac often went with Jefferson when he hunted squirrels and partridge, or visited him in Monticello’s library and workrooms, he saw glimpses of Jefferson as the gentleman farmer and tinkerer.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
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