dayroom
noun
day·room
| \ ˈdā-ˌrüm
, -ˌru̇m\
, -ˌru̇m\
Definition of dayroom
: a room (as in a hospital) equipped for relaxation and recreation
Examples of dayroom in a Sentence
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Cynthia Brann, commissioner of the Department of Correction, displayed a rendering of the facilities that showed a large dayroom surrounded by jail cells, all bathed in sunlight. — Fox News, "New York City proposes building new jails with more ‘welcoming’ experience," 11 July 2019 Cynthia Brann, commissioner of the Department of Correction, displayed a rendering of the facilities that showed a large dayroom surrounded by jail cells, all bathed in sunlight. — Fox News, "New York City proposes building new jails with more ‘welcoming’ experience," 11 July 2019 Cynthia Brann, commissioner of the Department of Correction, displayed a rendering of the facilities that showed a large dayroom surrounded by jail cells, all bathed in sunlight. — Fox News, "New York City proposes building new jails with more ‘welcoming’ experience," 11 July 2019 Cynthia Brann, commissioner of the Department of Correction, displayed a rendering of the facilities that showed a large dayroom surrounded by jail cells, all bathed in sunlight. — Fox News, "New York City proposes building new jails with more ‘welcoming’ experience," 11 July 2019 Cynthia Brann, commissioner of the Department of Correction, displayed a rendering of the facilities that showed a large dayroom surrounded by jail cells, all bathed in sunlight. — Fox News, "New York City proposes building new jails with more ‘welcoming’ experience," 11 July 2019 Cynthia Brann, commissioner of the Department of Correction, displayed a rendering of the facilities that showed a large dayroom surrounded by jail cells, all bathed in sunlight. — Alexis Gravely, WSJ, "New York City Officials Propose Designs for ‘Modern Jails’," 10 July 2019 It was supposed to be a stopgap alternative to freeing inmates from prisons so crowded that inmates were bunked three-deep in gymnasiums and dayrooms. — USA TODAY, "Troll trail, coal train derailment, geyser record: News from around our 50 states," 27 June 2019 Prisoners were sleeping in gyms, hallways and dayrooms. — ProPublica, "Cruel and Unusual: A Guide to California’s Broken Prisons and the Fight to Fix Them," 28 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'dayroom.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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dayroom
noun
English Language Learners Definition of dayroom
: a room in a hospital, prison, etc., where people can watch television, talk, etc.
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