Definition of Squad room

1. Noun. A room in a police station where members of the force assemble for roll call and duty assignments.

Group relationships: Police Headquarters, Police Station, Station House
Generic synonyms: Room

2. Noun. A room in a barracks where soldiers are billeted.
Group relationships: Barrack
Generic synonyms: Room

Lexicographical Neighbors of Squad Room

squabbled
squabbler
squabblers
squabbles
squabbling
squabbly
squabby
squabness
squabs
squacco
squaccos
squad
squad automatic weapon
squad automatic weapons
squad car
squad room (current term)
squadded
squaddie
squaddies
squadding
squaddy
squadmate
squadmates
squadron
squadroned
squadroning
squadronmate
squadronmates
squadrons
squads

Literary usage of Squad room

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Report on Barracks and Hospitals, with Descriptions of Military Posts by John Shaw Billings (1870)
"The average for each man in all the squad-rooms is 74 superficial feet of space and 1607 cubic feet of air. This is ample. Each squad- room is thoroughly ..."

2. Affray at Brownsville, Tex by United States Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs (1907)
"A. Yes, sir; they generally have three or four in a squad room. ... A. A squad is eight men, but what they call a " squad room " they put a section in ..."

3. Military Hygiene, for Officers of the Line by Alfred Alexander Woodhull (1909)
"Except in the extreme north, every squad-room should have a balcony or veranda, from eight to twelve feet wide according to the latitude, on all the free ..."

4. ... Public Service by James Rudolph Garfield (1911)
"The squad room will now be his sleeping and living room in common with his companions until he leaves to join his regiment. Instruction of all kinds will ..."

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