boardroom

noun

board·​room ˈbȯrd-ˌrüm How to pronounce boardroom (audio)
-ˌru̇m
: a room that is designated for meetings of a board

Examples of boardroom in a Sentence

The directors are meeting in the boardroom.
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Zvyagintsev loves a red herring almost as much as a cosmically depressing visual joke, like the tiny picture of Putin hanging over a boardroom. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026 Automation, productivity, data analytics, marketing optimization and intelligent assistants dominate discussions in boardrooms, conferences and business schools. Jose Luis Gonzalez Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026 The feeling at boardroom level is that the time has come to turn down the temperature. Tom Williams, New York Times, 17 May 2026 But this layered intelligence rarely travels beyond marketing teams into boardrooms where bosses have the final say. Alex Cooper, Fortune, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for boardroom

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of boardroom was in 1732

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“Boardroom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/boardroom. Accessed 20 May. 2026.

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