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

Artificial intelligence may dominate the conversation in boardrooms and break rooms alike—but a new Google report suggests most workers still haven’t adopted the technology en masse. —Preston Fore, Fortune, 19 Feb. 2026

No one is relying on — or even expecting — apple crisp in the break room. —Judith Martin, Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2026

The lobby and office spaces would include a passenger reception and waiting area, restrooms, individual and group work spaces, a conference room, break room, inflight kitchen, storage room and information technology room. —Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 29 Jan. 2026

Hall says an elder came to the station, and in an act of generosity, poured out her purse on the break room table. —Jeff Brady, NPR, 14 Nov. 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