"boardroom" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈbɔɹdˌɹuːm/ [Canada] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-boardroom.wav [US] Forms: boardrooms [plural]
Rhymes: -uːm Etymology: From board + room. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|board|room}} board + room Head templates: {{en-noun}} boardroom (plural boardrooms)
  1. The room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings Translations (room where the board meets): bestyrelseslokale [neuter] (Danish), tanácsterem (Hungarian), styrerom [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), styrerom [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sala posiedzeń [feminine] (Polish), styrelserum [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-boardroom-en-noun-rg0gDOYw Disambiguation of 'room where the board meets': 96 4
  2. (figuratively) Corporations or corporate management considered as a section of society Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Rooms
    Sense id: en-boardroom-en-noun-jWoXWHGq Disambiguation of Rooms: 41 59 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: board-room, board room

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