: a room (as in a hospital) equipped for relaxation and recreation
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The dayroom, a smaller room also attached to the dorm, contained a handful of desks and one television to serve its sixty residents.
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But the dayroom is largely unused. State regulations require jails to offer every person in custody at least 10 hours of weekly out-of-cell time — seven in a dayroom and three in a rec yard.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
The attack occurred just before 7 p.m. in the dayroom of the high-security facility.
—Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025
The dayroom was deserted aside from me and a friend, rolling around on the floor.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
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july 8, Literary Hub, 8 July 2025
But the dayroom is largely unused. State regulations require jails to offer every person in custody at least 10 hours of weekly out-of-cell time — seven in a dayroom and three in a rec yard.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
The attack occurred just before 7 p.m. in the dayroom of the high-security facility.
—Ethan Wolin, Sacbee.com, 11 June 2025
The dayroom was deserted aside from me and a friend, rolling around on the floor.
—Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 9 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dayroom
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“Dayroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dayroom. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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