chill rooms

Meanings

1. 1nounplural

   Rooms where people go to relax, especially in a shared house, office, hostel, or club.

   Grammar: This is the plural form; use 'chill room' for one room.

   Patterns

   • a chill room
   • the chill rooms
   • in the chill room

   The hostel has two chill rooms with beanbags and board games.

   After the meeting, everyone moved to the chill rooms for coffee.

   Our office chill rooms are quiet, so people go there to read.

2. 2nounpluralinformal

   Informal spaces in a club or event where the music is quieter and people can sit and talk.

   Grammar: Often used with 'the' when talking about a specific venue: the chill rooms.

   Patterns

   • the chill rooms at a club
   • a chill room area

   The festival had chill rooms where you could escape the noise.

   They turned the back of the club into one of the chill rooms.

   We spent most of the night in the chill rooms, just talking.

Word forms

Common combinations

chill room area

The chill room area is behind the main stage.

a chill room with sofas

They made a chill room with sofas and soft lights.

go to the chill room

If you feel tired, go to the chill room.

chill room music

Chill room music is usually slower and calmer.

Synonyms and how they differ

lounge

A lounge is a more general, often more formal sitting room; a chill room suggests a relaxed, informal place to unwind.

break room

A break room is mainly for work breaks; a chill room is for relaxing, often in social settings.

Word family

chill verb

To relax or make something cold.

chill out phrasal verb

Informal: to relax and stop worrying.

Commonly confused: chill rooms or chillroom?

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