playroom

noun

play·​room ˈplā-ˌrüm How to pronounce playroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room equipped for children to play in

Examples of playroom in a Sentence

Their basement has a playroom.
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Family members told the outlet that the Tesla crashed into the children's playroom. Gabrielle Rockson, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026 Shoppers said this set works for tucking away toddler toys, extra throw blankets in playrooms, and as decor pieces in formal living rooms. Sarah Scott, Southern Living, 19 June 2026 In these later seventeenth-century birth figures, which depict the interventions of hands and arms and rods and string, wombs are no longer playrooms for acrobatic toddlers. Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 The family runs a small ranch and a playroom for children in Bale, some 15 kilometers (9 miles) from Rovinj, with llamas, pigs, horses, and sheep. ABC News, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for playroom

Word History

First Known Use

1819, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of playroom was in 1819

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“Playroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playroom. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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