NEWSROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does newsroom mean? 

• NEWSROOM (noun)
  The noun NEWSROOM has 3 senses:

1. the staff of a newspaper or the news department of a periodical

2. an office in which news is processed by a newspaper or news agency or television or radio station

3. a reading room (in a library or club) where newspapers and other periodicals can be read

  Familiarity information: NEWSROOM used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEWSROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The staff of a newspaper or the news department of a periodical

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Context example:

every newspaper editor is criticized by the newsroom

Hypernyms ("newsroom" is a kind of...):

staff (personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task)

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:

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)