artist's workroom
- noun
- /ˈɑrtɪsts ˈwɜrkˌrum/
- The artist's workroom was filled with unfinished canvases and color palettes.
Examples
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She spends hours every day painting in her artist's workroom.
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Natural light streamed through the windows of the artist's workroom.
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The artist's workroom was filled with colorful paints.
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I love visiting the artist's workroom to see her creations.
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Natural light streamed through the windows of the artist's workroom.
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She spends hours every day painting in her artist's workroom.
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The artist's workroom was filled with unfinished canvases and color palettes.
Synonyms
A room where artists, dancers, musicians, or photographers work and teach
A room where someone makes things by hand or paints
A room where an artist or designer makes art
A workshop where an artist or maker creates and teaches art
A large open space in a converted warehouse where a person who makes art lives and works
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Morphology
artist's + workroom
The meaning 'a room where an artist works' is directly and compositionally derived from 'artist's' (possessive of artist) plus 'workroom' (a room for work). This possessive + noun construction is a straightforward, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The phrase artist's workroom comes from a simple image of an artist's workroom, a room where the artist paints, draws, or makes art. So it means 'a room or space where an artist works'.