Common-room meaning

A room used for informal gatherings and relaxation, as in a residential institution or a department in a university.
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(brit.) A room at a college used by faculty members or students for socializing, relaxation, etc.
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(UK, Canada, New Zealand) A shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.
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Common-room Sentence Examples

  • In closest connexion with the church is the group of buildings appropriated to the monastic life and its daily requirements - the refectory for eating, the dormitory for sleeping, the common room for social intercourse, the chapter-house for religious and disciplinary conference.

  • Beneath the dormitory, looking out into the green court or herbarium, lies the "pisalis" or "calefactory," the common room of the monks.

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