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boardroom

UK/ˈbɔːdˌɹuːm/

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Canada/ˈbɔɹdˌɹuːm/

boardroom noun: the room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings.

Noun

boardroom (plural boardrooms)

  1. The room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings
    • A President of the Royal Society, in the Board-room of the British Museum, is quite as likely as another person to sacrifice his public duty to the influence of power, or to private friendship.1830, Charles Babbage, Decline of Science in England
  2. (figuratively) Corporations or corporate management considered as a section of society
    • Though the new law is popular among the general public, it is hated in the boardroom.

boardroom meaning in Tamil

boardroom in Tamil

குழுக் கூட்ட அறை

Forms of boardroom

pluralboardrooms
alternative formboard-room
alternative formboard room

Plural of boardroom: boardrooms

Origin of boardroom

From board + room.

Words that rhyme with boardroom

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Questions about boardroom

What does boardroom mean?
Boardroom means the room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetings.
What is boardroom in Tamil?
Boardroom in Tamil is குழுக் கூட்ட அறை. See Boardroom meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is boardroom?
Boardroom is a noun.
How do you pronounce boardroom?
Boardroom is pronounced /ˈbɔɹdˌɹuːm/ (Canada).
What is the plural of boardroom?
The plural of boardroom is boardrooms.

Words near boardroom in the dictionary

  1. boardmanship
  2. boardmanships
  3. boardmen
  4. boardrider
  5. boardriders
  6. boardroom
  7. boardrooms
  8. boards
  9. boards of appeals
  10. boards of control
  11. boards of directors

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Adapted from Wiktionary: boardroom (page history and authors); boardroom (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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