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refreshment room

refreshment room noun: a room that was once common at larger railway stations in Britain and the British Commonwealth for the purpose of serving food and drink to travellers.

Noun

refreshment room (plural refreshment rooms)

  1. (UK) A room that was once common at larger railway stations in Britain and the British Commonwealth for the purpose of serving food and drink to travellers.
    • But when his slender, big-wheeled engine had brought him as far as York, in a non-corridor compartment, his inside had begun to make urgent representations. So, to this day, the York refreshment room is extraordinary; the dining room is a regular banqueting hall.1941 August, C.Hamilton Ellis, “The English Station”, in Railway Magazine, page 356
    • While we were waiting, Eugène suggested a drink in the refreshment room; I assumed this would be more wine, but Eugène marched in and demanded two Cognacs.1961 March, 'Balmore', “Driving and firing modern French steam locomotives”, in Trains Illustrated, page 147

refreshment room meaning in Tamil and Kannada

refreshment room in Tamil

சிற்றுண்டி அறை, ஓய்வறை, சிற்றுண்டி நிலையம்

refreshment room in Kannada

ಉಪಹಾರಗೃಹ, ಫಲಹಾರ ಮಂದಿರ

Examples of refreshment room in a sentence

  • There were no waiting rooms. [...] But there were licensed refreshment rooms, provided by those pioneers of station dining Messrs Spiers and Pond.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, The Metropolitan Railway, pages 38–39:
  • Calling at Stalybridge, I cast one eye at the refreshment rooms and one eye at my watch, but 'beer o'clock' it isn't!2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58:

Forms of refreshment room

pluralrefreshment rooms

Questions about refreshment room

What does refreshment room mean?
Refreshment room means a room that was once common at larger railway stations in Britain and the British Commonwealth for the purpose of serving food and drink to travellers.
What is refreshment room in Tamil?
Refreshment room in Tamil is சிற்றுண்டி அறை, ஓய்வறை, சிற்றுண்டி நிலையம். See Refreshment room meaning in Tamil.
How do you use refreshment room in a sentence?
There were no waiting rooms. [...] But there were licensed refreshment rooms, provided by those pioneers of station dining Messrs Spiers and Pond.
What part of speech is refreshment room?
Refreshment room is a noun.
What is the plural of refreshment room?
The plural of refreshment room is refreshment rooms.

Words near refreshment room in the dictionary

  1. refreshingness
  2. refreshings
  3. refreshment
  4. refreshment car
  5. refreshment cars
  6. refreshment room
  7. refreshment rooms
  8. Refreshment Sunday
  9. refreshments
  10. refresht
  11. refret

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