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

Arriving just days before what can often be a bustling acquisitions marketplace at the Cannes Film Festival, studio chieftains hastily organized war rooms to discuss implications surrounding the tariffs and ponder potential courses of action. —Chris Lee, Vulture, 5 May 2025

Fielder then visited a fictional version of the Paramount+ Germany office, where the streaming service's logo was displayed on large banners on a set meant to look like a Nazi war room. —Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025

The Eagles’ Instagram account took viewers into the team’s war room on the first night of the draft, and Roseman was working hard to move up from No. 32. —Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2025

If Pete Carroll’s voice is the loudest in the Vegas war room, running back is the call rather than a front-seven defender. —Ben Standig, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for war room

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