Meanings
nounpressroom (plural pressrooms)
plural pressrooms
- USgovernmentThe room in a public building where press conferences are given
When Robert Shaw--alderman of the Ninth Ward--rises to speak, most of the wise guys in the City Hall pressroom put aside their pencils and just listen.
1988 May 6, Ben Joravsky, “Mystery zoning: What's going down in the Ninth Ward”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian пресцентър
- пресцентър (prescentăr)room for press conference
Finnish lehdistöhuone
- lehdistöhuoneroom for press conference
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APA
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“pressroom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pressroom. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pressroom,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pressroom.
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