wardroom.

1. A communal mess or living space for naval officers below the captain’s rank on many naval ships.

2. The naval officers who belong to or use a wardroom, considered collectively.

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Words that belong together

• the officers’ wardroom
• a wardroom table

On the page

The officers’ wardroom smelled of coffee long after the meal ended.

A chart covered the wardroom table when the new orders arrived.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Forms: Singular wardroom; plural wardrooms. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.