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boardroom

boardroom

44 3.6
A room where a company's leaders meet to make important decisions
  • noun
  • /ˈbɔrdˌrum/
translation icon : sala de juntas
  • During the meeting in the boardroom, the team reviewed the annual performance reports.

Like we didn't go to boardrooms and stuff like that to meet these artists.

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Examples

  • My father always said he made more deals on the golf course than in the boardroom.

  • Catherine Ruffin and Sturtevant were already waiting in the boardroom when he came.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • So I told my team in our boardroom what I needed.

  • But they never got beyond the boardroom table.

  • Think about how this works in the corporate boardroom or you know, in the factory.

  • In the give and take in the boardroom, they must remember that governance is, fundamentally, a team sport.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Doors open and the boardroom fills with suits: six men, one woman.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • The doctor sits at the head of a boardroom-style table.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • As she entered the boardroom, everyone seemed cordial, and soon her apprehensions lessened.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Martin Humphries strode into the boardroom, decked out in a sky-blue business suit.

    Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

conference room
vsboardroom
92 2.0

A room in an office where people meet to discuss work

is reserved for meetings of company directors or committees rather than general office gatherings
council chamber
vsboardroom
4 4.1

A room where local officials meet to make decisions for a town or city

is for meetings of company directors or internal committees rather than civic affairs

How Formal

boardroom
44 3.6
lunchroom
  • US
18 1.0

Surface Forms

boardroom singular
boardrooms plural

Morphology

boardroom = board + room (transparent) = board + room

The meaning is directly the room associated with a 'board' (board of directors), so learners who know the components can derive the sense.

Etymology

The word boardroom is made of board and room. Board once meant 'table', and people who sat at that table became the 'board', so a boardroom is the room where those directors meet.