recreation room

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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.

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.