What is "reading room"

Reading \Read"ing\, a.

1. Of or pertaining to the act of reading; used in reading.

2. Addicted to reading; as, a reading community.

   Reading book, a book for teaching reading; a reader.

   Reading desk, a desk to support a book while reading; esp., a desk used while reading the service in a church.

   Reading glass, a large lens with more or less magnifying power, attached to a handle, and used in reading, etc.

   Reading man, one who reads much; hence, in the English universities, a close, industrious student.

   Reading room, a room appropriated to reading; a room provided with papers, periodicals, and the like, to which persons resort.

n. A room in a library set aside for reading.

n. a room set aside for reading

Reading room may refer to:

• Reference library
• British Museum Reading Room
• Christian Science Reading Room, a place where the public can study, borrow, or purchase Christian Science literature
• The Reading Room, a 2005 drama film