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reading room

reading room noun: a dedicated space in a library, or similar institution of learning, set aside for reading.

Noun

reading room (plural reading rooms)

  1. A dedicated space in a library, or similar institution of learning, set aside for reading.
    • There is also a fine dance and concert hall, a capacious reading room, a well-appointed billiards room with five tables, various committee and games rooms, photographic dark rooms, and a small but compact ladies' lounge.1944 May and June, Arthur B. Longbottom, “The Derby Railway Institute”, in Railway Magazine, page 150
    Synonyms:
    athenaeum
  2. A reference library.

reading room meaning in Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic

reading room in Tamil

படிப்பகம், வாசிப்பறை

reading room in Tagalog

space set aside for reading
silid-basahan

reading room in Arabic

space set aside for reading
قَاعَة ٱلْمُطَالَعَة qāʕat al-muṭālaʕa

Synonyms of reading room

Forms of reading room

pluralreading rooms

Questions about reading room

What does reading room mean?
Reading room means a dedicated space in a library, or similar institution of learning, set aside for reading.
What is reading room in Tamil?
Reading room in Tamil is படிப்பகம், வாசிப்பறை. See Reading room meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is reading room?
Reading room is a noun.
What is the plural of reading room?
The plural of reading room is reading rooms.

Words near reading room in the dictionary

  1. reading notices
  2. reading off
  3. reading oneself in
  4. reading out
  5. reading over
  6. reading room
  7. reading rooms
  8. reading someone for filth
  9. reading someone the riot act
  10. reading someone to filth
  11. reading someone's beads

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