escape roomn.
/ᵻˈskeɪp ruːm/, /ᵻˈskeɪp rʊm/, U.S. /əˈskeɪp ˌrum/, /əˈskeɪp ˌrʊm/, /ɛˈskeɪp ˌrum/, /ɛˈskeɪp ˌrʊm/ 1. A room in a house or other building that is used to provide privacy, solitude, or safety.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > room for rest and quiet
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1937 House Beautiful Sept. 53/2 I must have an escape room so that when the living room is in use for entertaining there will be a place for those who want privacy.
2009 States News Service (Nexis) 3 Apr. Engineers..need to take steps to contain any kind of fire that ignites inside a building and should consider building an escape room on each floor or series of floors.
2017 Irish Independent (Nexis) 10 Feb. 2 A glazed study..is..the perfect escape room, and a lovely place in which to work or simply hide away with a good book.
2. A leisure activity in which a group of people must solve a series of puzzles against the clock in order to escape from a locked room or rooms. Also: a room or venue of this type.
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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > other amusements or entertainments > [noun]
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2012 South China Morning Post (Nexis) 17 Dec. (Youngpost section) 1 In Freeing HK, the city's first escape room game, you turn into a real-life character stuck in a real-life bind.
2013 Straits Times (Singapore) (Nexis) 14 June My friend and I failed to solve any of the puzzles that could get us out of the lair, so we had to be ‘rescued’ by staff of the escape room after our time was up.
2017 Hobart (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 9 Sept. 11 If you've been meaning to do an escape room for a while, Escape Week is the perfect time to try it.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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