throne room

noun — 3 senses

throne room

noun
1

A room with a throne, particularly

  • “Wild-eyed and disheveled, King Hrethel roamed every night through his throne room, which was empty and still.”1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 43:
2

A room used for formal public audiences by a monarch.

  • The economy of space is a marvel; the studio may seem cluttered, a kind of Middle-earthian junkyard ringed by the stalks of lighting rigs, but one glance into the monitor and there is Théoden’s massive throne room, carved straight out of the pages of Tolkien’s vast antiquity.2005, Andrew O’Hehir, “The Fellowship of the Ring”, in Peter Jackson: From Gore to Mordor, Plexus, →ISBN, page 138:
3

Euphemistic, Humorous, Slang A bathroom: a room with a toilet, especially one in one's home.

Synonyms
bathroom

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