poolroom

English

Etymology

From pool +‎ room.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpulˌɹum/

Noun

poolroom (plural poolrooms)

1. (US) A room with pool tables where pool can be played, usually for a fee.
   • 2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 109:

     We crept through the main poolroom without making a sound.

2. A room in a house or other domestic dwelling set up with a pool or snooker table.

See also

• billiard room