public room

noun

1. a lounge or other room that is open to all, especially in a hotel or on a ship.

Word History and Origins

Origin of public room¹

First recorded in 1975–80

Example Sentences

The platform allows users to socialize in virtual “hotels,” with public rooms accessible to all and private rooms that can be tricked out with custom-crafted digital items.

From Digiday

Look at the position you take when you go into a public room, and talk about any subject that comes up.

From Project Gutenberg

If I'd a boiled beetroot face like you, I'd never show my 'ed in a public room again.

From Project Gutenberg

On the fourth day Howard availed himself of the aid of a crutch and got into the little public room of the hotel.

From Project Gutenberg

The nabob of the village came into the public room in the course of the evening—a farmer and former State senator.

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Venn went to the public room, called for a mug of ale, and inquired of the maid in an indifferent tone if Mr. Wildeve was at home.

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