boardroom UK /ˈbɔːdˌɹuːm/US /ˈbɔɹdˌɹuːm/ noun2 •The room where a group of people (especially the board of a company or organization) conducts its meetingsA President of the Royal Society, in the Board-room of the British Museum, is quite as likely as another person to sacrifice his public duty to the influence of power, or to private friendship. — 1830 •(figurative) Corporations or corporate management considered as a section of societyThough the new law is popular among the general public, it is hated in the boardroom. formsboardrooms