: a room equipped for children to play in

Examples of playroom in a Sentence

Their basement has a playroom.
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Keep the majority of your kids' toys in a playroom, not in your main entertaining space. Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 30 June 2026 Unless your basement is equipped to serve as a playroom, avoid storing any toys or games in it, as consistent exposure to moisture in the air can cause rust or mildew to form on them. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026 Family members told the outlet that the Tesla crashed into the children's playroom. Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026 In these later seventeenth-century birth figures, which depict the interventions of hands and arms and rods and string, wombs are no longer playrooms for acrobatic toddlers. Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for playroom

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of playroom was in 1819

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“Playroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playroom. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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