break room

noun

variants or less commonly breakroom
ˈbrāk-ˌrüm How to pronounce break room (audio)
-ˌru̇m
plural break rooms also breakrooms
: a room in a workplace where an employee can go for a short period of rest or refreshment
At lunchtime I ordered pizza for the staff and we all ate together, somewhat stiffly, in the break room.Heidi Julavits
Bumping into each other in the breakroom or chatting in the elevator sometimes leads to unexpected collaboration and creative solutions.Elizabeth Baskin

Examples of break room in a Sentence

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The morning break room inside a busy metropolitan hospital. Bruce Headlam, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 The inspection found surfaces in the affected employees' break room tested positive for cyclonite, and employees were allowed to consume beverages outside their work area without washing their hands. Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2025 Wordless, Drake walks throughout the shop, at one point measuring a block of ice, before landing in the break room. Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025 But when the vision quest fizzles out, many organizations are left with a colorful statement on their break room walls. Chip Bell, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for break room

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of break room was in 1956

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“Break room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20room. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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