Definition of "common room" []

• A faculty lounge in a college or university. (noun)
• A lounge for use by all members of a residential institution or community. (noun)

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• "The joyous energy of the jigs and reels that filled the room did nothing to dissipate the atmosphere of simmering rancour that filled the post-graduate common room of Wilberforce Hall."
• "This monument to sexism (the women get groped) and racism (non-Celts are barred) was held in the post-graduate common room in Wilberforce Hall."
• "Jaz went into the common room again, where members dropped in from the town."