workspace

noun

work·​space ˈwərk-ˌspās 

plural workspaces

: space for doing work

Every kitchen would benefit from an island. Islands provide additional storage and workspace to prepare food …

—Mia Hannom

: such as

a

: an environment in which people perform professional work : office sense 5c

COVID-19 fundamentally changed the way the world saw working from home. While many businesses have transitioned back to a centralized, physical workspace, nobody has forgotten the lessons taught by more than a year of video chats and email-based conversations.

—Larry Alton

b

: a space for the performance of a specialized task usually by a single individual : workstation sense 1

… Joan had proposed creating a … system whereby employees could reserve desks when they needed them. That idea had sparked immediate pushback: Many people wanted a more permanent workspace.

—Mark C. Bolino and Corey Phelps

Examples of workspace in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The kitchen table becomes a conference room, the bedroom doubles as a workspace, and the couch—once a place to unwind—now plays host to late-night emails and last-minute deadlines. —Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024

Instant Offices, a digital marketplace for flexible workspaces, recently analyzed cities worldwide to reveal the best places to be a digital nomad in 2024. —Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2024

The center will also serve as a workspace for logistics and search-and-rescue teams, as well as house a regional disaster relief hotline. —NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024

Learn how a previously empty warehouse became Cincinnati's premier workspace for local artists. —Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above