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 news state workers need to know Employees at CDPH — specifically within the Office of AIDS — started noticing flyers were being taken down in break rooms and bulletin boards in the following months, according to the filing. — Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 11 Nov. 2026

The Facebook video of the break room showed school drawings, homemade cards and letters covering the door, walls and a table. — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

No brewing, no cup, no walk to the break room during a meeting. — Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 20 Oct. 2026

If your building has an area used as a break room, allowing law enforcement to use it as a satellite station also serves as a deterrent. — Tara Molina, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

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