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

That makeshift war room in the basement of the UBS building has since escalated into something closer to outright war. —Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 15 Jan. 2026

More than two and a half decades later, Miller has attached that rubric of national emergency to a new target, turning the council into a daily war room to track and fine-tune Trump’s campaign to deport 1 million people a year. —Michael Scherer, The Atlantic, 7 Jan. 2026

There's a lot of excitement leading up to the selection show from the fan bases, but take us to the Orange Bowl war room. —Mike Cugno, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2025

In Republican war rooms, the debate over which Democrat to target first has become a familiar one; Mamdani excites the base, but Newsom keeps them up at night. —Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025

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