boardroom

noun

board·​room ˈbȯrd-ˌrüm How to pronounce boardroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room that is designated for meetings of a board

Examples of boardroom in a Sentence

The directors are meeting in the boardroom.
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Curated environments—boardrooms, advisory circles and investor discussions—carry different weight than mass-reach platforms. Nick Leighton, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026 Other amenities include a professional chef’s kitchen, private cinema, wine cellar and tasting room, gym, boardroom, cedar sauna and steam room. Drew Pittock, USA Today, 22 June 2026 The first stretch of the film centers on co-founder Ilya Sutskever (Yura Borisov), the idealistic scientific mind behind the company, before the boardroom power struggle takes over. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 21 June 2026 Take this double-breasted suit, a silhouette typically thought of as the boardroom equivalent of body armor. Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 17 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for boardroom

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of boardroom was in 1732

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“Boardroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boardroom. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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