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# playroom

«playroom» in Mova's school dictionary: **a room in a house, school or other building where…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a playroom, playrooms)

### meaning for a pupil

A playroom is a room in a house, school or other building where children play and keep toys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playroom/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is part of homes, nurseries, hospitals and waiting rooms. In stories it is a place of games and imagination. In maths it can appear in area and perimeter problems.

### examples

- The toys are in the playroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playroom/#x1)
- The hospital has a playroom for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playroom/#x2)
- Tidy up the playroom before dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playroom/#x3)
- Our playroom has a big rug and a toy box. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playroom/#x4)
- The playroom is 4 metres long and 3 metres wide, so its area is 12 square metres. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playroom/#x5)
- We built a fort in the playroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playroom/#x6)
- The dentist's waiting room has a little playroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playroom/#x7)
- The twins share a playroom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playroom/#x8)

### note

One word. Countable. Similar: nursery (UK, for babies), rumpus room (Australia, US).

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «playroom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/playroom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.