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

There’s a break room at the back of the shop where the children often complete their schoolwork. —Liz Rothaus Bertrand, Charlotte Observer, 31 Oct. 2025

Additionally, when Drew was interviewed shortly after Savio’s death, it was done in the break room of his own police department. —Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025

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

Word History

First Known Use

1956, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for break room

• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume
• costume