common room

noun

1
: a lounge available to all members of a residential community
2
: a room in a college for faculty use

Examples of common room in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Unlike at a hotel, there’s a common room, like a living room where everyone gets to be in together. Cindy Kuzma, SELF, 8 July 2024 The facility also has a cafeteria, a gymnasium, a large common room and offices that will be used for case management and administrative activities. Michael Dorgan, Fox News, 28 June 2024 The facility also has a cafeteria, a gymnasium, a large common room and offices that will be used for case management and administrative activities, according to Rice. David R. Smith, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024 He’s served as an election judge in the jail here, where common rooms are turned into temporary polling sites, with a few laptops and a printer wheeled in for the day. Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 4 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for common room 

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Word History

First Known Use

1667, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of common room was in 1667

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“Common room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/common%20room. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.

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