common room
noun1
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK A shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.
- 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 289:
- 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 371:
- Synonyms
- combination room, dayroom
- Related terms
- commons