Meanings
plural common rooms
- AustraliaCanadaNew ZealandUKA shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.
Any expected permanent way checks are indicated daily on a map in the enginemen's common room.
1950 June, N. H. Bousfield, “Angers, a French Provincial Railway Centre”, in Railway Magazine, page 3711 more example
He was […] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the fire-dogs in the common room, and be not at all particular on the subject of spittoons; […]
1841 February–November, Charles Dickens, “Barnaby Rudge. Chapter 10.”, in Master Humphrey’s Clock, volume II, London: Chapman & Hall, […], →OCLC, page 289Synonyms: combination room, dayroom
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.
Translations
Bulgarian обща стая, общо помещение
- обща стая (obšta staja)a shared room or lounge
- общо помещение (obšto pomeštenie)a shared room or lounge
Danish fællesstue, opholdsstue
- fællesstuea shared room or lounge
- opholdsstuea shared room or lounge
Māori whare taka
- whare takaa shared room or lounge
Portuguese sala comunal
- sala comunala shared room or lounge
Spanish sala común
- sala comúna shared room or lounge
Cite this entry
common room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/common%20room
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