Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

common room

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.98 in modern English

Syllables: com-mon -room
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.

Australian usage; Canadian usage; New Zealand usage; British usage

Example Sentences

"He was […] none of your free-and-easy companions, who would scrape their boots upon the fire-dogs in the common room, and be not at all particular on the subject of spittoons; […]"
"Any expected permanent way checks are indicated daily on a map in the enginemen's common room."

Usage

Inflected Forms

common rooms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

commons

Synonyms

combination room dayroom

Questions

What does common room mean?: A shared lounge found in dormitories, universities, military bases, etc.

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