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[ bawrd -room, -roo m, bohrd - ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈbɔrdˌrum, -ˌrʊm, ˈboʊrd- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun a room set aside for meetings of a board, as of a corporation.
a room in a broker's office where stock-market quotations are listed on a board or by other means.
Origin of boardroom An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; board + room
Words nearby boardroom board of health, board of supervisors, board of trade, Board of Trade Unit, board of trustees, boardroom , board rule, boardsailing, board school, board shorts, board side
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British Dictionary definitions for boardroom noun a room where the board of directors of a company meets (as modifier ) a boardroom power struggle Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012