dayroom
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈdeɪˌrum/
:
sala de día
- To enhance patient amenity, dayrooms are located overlooking a five-story atrium with magnificent views across the East River.
Examples
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David goes into the dayroom and sees Lisa sitting there.
Fiction book (1998) -
Lila, now in prison coveralls, sits in a dayroom with other women convicts.
Fiction book (2001) -
I was waiting for the TV to be turned on in the dayroom next to the equipment area.
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You can go back to the dayroom.
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David is at the entrance of the dayroom, trying to find the nerve to talk to the other kids.
Fiction book (1998) -
We were in the dayroom watching television... and you were upset about the desecration of the planet, which I understand.
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Through the windows, I saw the boys enter the dayroom from corridors on either side, presumably where their cells were.
Academic text (2003) -
During meal release, only 16 convicts at a time were permitted to enter the dayroom from their cells.
Academic text (2017) -
"Hey Mark!" Francisco called out, a bit too loudly from halfway across the dayroom.
Academic text (2003) -
The patients gathered in the dayroom to enjoy some recreational activities together.
Synonyms
617
1.0
A room in a house where people relax and sit together, for example to watch TV
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1.0
A room in a house where people relax and spend time together
20
1.6
A room in a house where people sit and talk
12
2.3
A room at a school or university where people relax, talk, and study together
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3.4
A room with large windows that lets in a lot of sunlight
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3.2
A room in a house or hotel where visitors wait and the host meets them
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7.0
A room in a house facing east that people use for sitting during the day
How Social
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dayroom comes from the simple parts day ('day', the time when it is light) and room ('a space inside a building'), so it literally means a 'room for the day'. That's why a dayroom is the shared place in a hospital, dormitory, or home where people relax, talk, or meet during the day.