composing room

noun

1. a room in which compositors work in a printing establishment.

composing room

noun

1. the room in a printing establishment in which type is set

Word History and Origins

Origin of composing room¹

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

We’d clip them to a kind of clothesline that took them down to the composing room.

From Los Angeles Times

A separate elevator in their home took him directly from his library to his composing room; he did not have to walk through the main rooms and see her purchases.

From New York Times

One of those pages — called “takes” — would be scrolled up in a canister and sent via pneumatic tubes to the composing room.

From Washington Post

At four thirty, all the copy would go to the composing room, where the text was set into lead type for the printing presses in the basement.

From Literature

Ms. Levy was hired as a “copy boy,” the archaic title used for staffers tasked with ferrying edited stories to the composing room and performing other menial tasks.

From Washington Post