workspace

noun

work·​space ˈwərk-ˌspās 

plural workspaces

: space for doing work

Every kitchen would benefit from an island. Islands provide additional storage and workspace to prepare food …

—Mia Hannom

: such as

a

: an environment in which people perform professional work : office sense 5c

COVID-19 fundamentally changed the way the world saw working from home. While many businesses have transitioned back to a centralized, physical workspace, nobody has forgotten the lessons taught by more than a year of video chats and email-based conversations.

—Larry Alton

b

: a space for the performance of a specialized task usually by a single individual : workstation sense 1

… Joan had proposed creating a … system whereby employees could reserve desks when they needed them. That idea had sparked immediate pushback: Many people wanted a more permanent workspace.

—Mark C. Bolino and Corey Phelps

Examples of workspace in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Library room offers members a workspace by day, becoming a cocktail and champagne bar by night. —Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 31 Jan. 2025

In the library, a rosewood desk overlooks the garden and makes a perfect airy workspace. —Sonia S. Braga, Architectural Digest, 28 Jan. 2025

The streamlined browser has tab islands, split screens, and workspaces among its features, as well as themes designed to echo the northern lights and the midnight sun. —Chloe Berge, AFAR Media, 24 Jan. 2025

The breach, which occurred through unauthorized access to AT&T's workspace on the Snowflake cloud platform, compromised records from May 1 through Oct. 31, 2022, with additional exposure extending into early 2023. —Lars Daniel, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1881, in the meaning defined above