"recreation room" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-recreation room.ogg [Australia] Forms: recreation rooms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} recreation room (plural recreation rooms)
  1. (US, Australia, Canada) A room used for a variety of purposes, such as parties, games and other everyday or casual use. Tags: Australia, Canada, US Categories (topical): Rooms Synonyms: games room, rec room, ruckus room, rumpus room Translations (room used for a variety of purposes): 娛樂室 (Chinese Mandarin), 娱乐室 (yúlèshì) (Chinese Mandarin), pelihuone (Finnish), salle de jeux (French), tavernetta [feminine] (Italian), gillestuga (english: rustic, usually in a basement) [common-gender] (Swedish), allrum [neuter] (Swedish), mulinsiglahan (Tagalog)

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