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NEWSROOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A reading room (in a library or club) where newspapers and other periodicals can be read
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("newsroom" is a kind of...):
reading room (a room set aside for reading)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("newsroom" is a kind of...):
business office; office (place of business where professional or clerical duties are performed)
Sense 3
Meaning:
The staff of a newspaper or the news department of a periodical
Example:
every newspaper editor is criticized by the newsroom
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("newsroom" is a kind of...):
staff (personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task)