break room

noun

variants or less commonly breakroom

ˈbrāk-ˌrüm

-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

Recent Examples on the Web The plant manager said he was fed up and promised to take away cutlery from the break room if the thefts did not stop. —

Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 July 2024 Two days after this incident, Hennig saw a coworker eating lunch in the break room. —

Elena Gastaldo, Idaho Statesman, 11 July 2024 Those plants sit above a break room equipped with booths, couches, a ping-pong table, an air hockey table and much more. —

Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 2 July 2024 Although the break room is air-conditioned, McAllister said the workspace has no temperature controls. —

Niko Kommenda, Washington Post, 11 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for break room

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