"break room" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: break rooms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} break room (plural break rooms)
  1. A room in a public building or worksite set aside for coffee breaks, lunch breaks, snacking, etc. Synonyms: comfort room [US, obsolete], lunchroom (english: in some contexts), tearoom [Australia], pantry [Hong-Kong] Translations (room for breaks): стая за отдих (staja za otdih) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ripozejo (Esperanto), Pausenraum [masculine] (German), fikarum [neuter] (Swedish)

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