war room

noun

1

: a room at a military headquarters where maps showing the current status of troops in battle are maintained

2

: a room (as at a business headquarters) used for conferences and planning that is often specially equipped (as with computers, or charts)

Examples of war room in a Sentence

the war room of the candidate's campaign headquarters

Recent Examples on the Web

Eight years later, both countries are voting again, and Meta now calls its war room the Election Operations Center. — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026

And since then Tisch has remained front and center in the Giants war room on NFL Draft day in April and at games. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026

But the Republicans running the show allowed him into an auxiliary war room on another floor of the hotel, distanced from the real action, one party leader recalled. — Laura Meckler, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2026

Cathcarts is happy to keep Morgan waiting, while Carla is always welcomed into the Taylor & Byrne war room. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for war room

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