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reading rooms

reading rooms is the plural of reading room.

Meaning of reading room

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.

Questions about reading rooms

What is reading rooms the plural of?
Reading rooms is the plural of reading room.

Words near reading rooms in the dictionary

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

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