rubber room

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === rubber room (plural rubber rooms) (idiomatic, psychiatry) A cell lined with cushions used for confinement of a mentally disturbed person. Synonyms: padded room, padded cell 2013 Jan. 25, Comment by egginmybeer, "The gun lobby’s long reach," Boston Globe (retrieved 7 Aug 2014): How is it that the Virginia Tech shooter Seung Cho and Adam Lanza weren't in a rubber room instead of in a classroom shooting people? (idiomatic, education) Especially in New York City, a temporary workplace assigned to a teacher who is not permitted to teach in a classroom because he or she is under disciplinary review. Synonym: reassignment center ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === References === “rubber room”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.