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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There is an exciting season to come on the field but for NFL teams and the investment community the bigger arena will be in their boardrooms with private equity money chasing one of the last sure bets in the media universe. Howard Homonoff, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Haggart and Coyne would have entered the Times’ boardroom with considerable goodwill. Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 2 Sep. 2025 There’s a fundamental rub that’s talked about in every boardroom, according to a person with knowledge of these conversations, who asked to remain unnamed to speak about private discussions. Leslie Picker, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2025 And every few months, Pakistan has returned to the International Monetary Fund boardrooms to keep its economy afloat. Mohammed Hanif, Time, 2 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for boardroom

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
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 9 Sep. 2025.

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