public room

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

Origin of public room

1
First recorded in 1975–80

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How to use public room in a sentence

  • 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.

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

    The Chequers | James Runciman
  • If I'd a boiled beetroot face like you, I'd never show my 'ed in a public room again.

    The Chequers | James Runciman
  • On the fourth day Howard availed himself of the aid of a crutch and got into the little public room of the hotel.

    A Dreadful Temptation | Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller
  • The nabob of the village came into the public room in the course of the evening—a farmer and former State senator.

    Ocean to Ocean on Horseback | Willard Glazier
  • 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.

    Return of the Native | Thomas Hardy