smoking room

noun

: a room (as in a hotel or club) set apart for smokers

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The tuxedo was originally reserved for men to wear to protect their clothes from cigar smoke in a smoking room. — Laia Farran Graves, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 The stained glass of the smoking room had had a red hue based on the Olympic, but was changed to yellow based on the Titanic artifacts. — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2026 The 14,000-square-foot home features 11 bedrooms, a library, a smoking room and a wing of rooms created for the staff. — Pueng Vongs, Mercury News, 16 June 2025 There’s a winter smoking room, the Moorish fantasy Arab room decorated in $11 million of gold leaf, and a clock tower designed to be a lavish bachelor pad. — Jamie Carter, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for smoking room

Word History

First Known Use

1689, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of smoking room was in 1689

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“Smoking room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smoking%20room. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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