recreation room

English

Pronunciation

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Noun

recreation room (plural recreation rooms)

2. (US, Australia, Canada) A room used for a variety of purposes, such as parties, games and other everyday or casual use.

   Alternative form: rec room (clipped compound)

   Synonyms: game room, games room, playroom, ruckus room, rumpus room

   Hypernyms: room < place, space

   Holonyms: house, home, residence, dwelling

   Coordinate terms: sunroom, Florida room, Arizona room; lounge, loungeroom, lounge room, living room, living-room, sitting room, parlor, parlour, front room; library, study; dining room, kitchen, dinette, bedroom, bathroom, powder room

   Near-synonyms: den, family room

   • 1947 March and April, “L.M.S.R. Hostels for Trainmen”, in Railway Magazine, page 92, photo caption:

     The recreation room. One of the broadcast receivers which are provided at all L.M.S.R. trainmen's hostels is seen in the background.

Usage notes

This term could refer to an area in a public space, like a campus or hotel; and alternatively, it could refer to a room in a private homestead converted into a space for leisure.

Translations

room used for a variety of purposes

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 娛樂室 / 娱乐室 (yúlèshì)

• Finnish: pelihuone
• French: salle de jeux (fr)
• Italian: tavernetta (it) f, sala giochi f
• Russian: де́тская игрова́я ко́мната f (détskaja igrovája kómnata) (for babies and kids), игрова́я ко́мната f (igrovája kómnata) (common), игрова́я f (igrovája) (shortened name)
• Swedish: gillestuga (sv) c (rustic, usually in a basement), allrum (sv) n
• Tagalog: mulinsiglahan
• Turkish: oyun salonu (tr) (game room)