break room
noun
variants
or less commonly breakroom
ˈbrāk-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
plural break rooms also breakrooms
: a room in a workplace where an employee can go for a short period of rest or refreshment
At lunchtime I ordered pizza for the staff and we all ate together, somewhat stiffly, in the break room.—
Heidi Julavits
Heidi JulavitsBumping into each other in the breakroom or chatting in the elevator sometimes leads to unexpected collaboration and creative solutions.—Elizabeth Baskin
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Bill Wyman, Vulture, 28 Feb. 2025
Maintain schedule for conference room and supplies for front office and employee break room.
—Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 24 Feb. 2025
Health care executives put out small fires every day: balancing budgets, handling staffing shortages, communicating with stakeholders from the break room to the board room.
—Alexis Kayser, Newsweek, 6 Feb. 2025
In January 2021, according to a complaint filed September in federal court, the worker was eating in a break room when a senior supervisor asked him to pull his face mask back up.
—Melvin Backman, Quartz, 7 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for break room
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“Break room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/break%20room. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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