salesroom

[ seylz-room, -room ]

noun
  1. a room in which goods are sold or displayed.

  2. Also especially British, saleroom. an auction room.

Origin of salesroom

1
An Americanism dating back to 1830–40; sales + room

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How to use salesroom in a sentence

  • The wall painting (Fig. 113) of a salesroom of a bakery, also found in Pompeii, gives a good idea of the appearance of the bread.

    The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
  • It had been washed and buffed and polished until it looked as new as the day I picked it out on the salesroom floor.

    Highways in Hiding | George Oliver Smith
  • But before it is sent to the salesroom, a woman smooths the edge of the umbrella all around with a warm flat-iron.

  • The sale of the blue diamond took place at the salesroom of Drouot & Co.

  • Hooker was musing over his "defeat" of yesterday in the salesroom when his thoughts reverted to the fate of his own copy.

    The Unpublishable Memoirs | A. S. W. Rosenbach

British Dictionary definitions for salesroom

salesroom

/ (ˈseɪlzˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) /


noun
  1. a room in which merchandise on sale is displayed

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