Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cry room

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.53 in modern English

Syllables: cry -room
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A room set aside for people to take their crying babies.

noun

A safe space in a school or university for distressed students who wish to cry.

Example Sentences

"University students in particular became a target for derision. A Republican lawmaker in Iowa, who accused protesters of throwing "temper tantrums," introduced a bill called "Suck it up, Buttercup," which would levy fines against state schools that offered "cry rooms" and other election-specific counseling services (David 2016; Hoover 2016)."
"[…] students could not “deal” with what had just happened. These same colleges and universities found themselves installing “cry rooms” and “safe places” where students could go to be alone with their emotions. Give me a break!"

Inflected Forms

cry rooms (plural)

Synonyms

crying room

Questions

What does cry room mean?: A room set aside for people to take their crying babies.

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