front room

noun

1. a room at the front of a house, especially a parlor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of front room¹

First recorded in 1670–80

Example Sentences

It was almost as large as the front room, with a stove, a refrigerator, a good-sized table and, in one corner, another double bed.

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She misses the times when she and Igor threw parties for 30 people in their front room, she said.

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I retired safely to my little bed in the front room with its raggedy sheets and thin holy blanket.

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The face was the same as in those pictures in her front room.

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Family friends and neighbors began to fill the front room, some bringing food, nobody knowing what to say.

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Madame Antoine busied herself in the large front room preparing dinner.

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"No, he isn't," Mazaroff said curtly as he came into the front room and closed the door behind him.

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Teddy's mother sat down in the front room to entertain them, and Aunt Ann hurried out to see about supper.

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I've heard him say, that he cleared no less than fifty pounds every year by letting his front room at hanging time.

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The troopers, however, took no notice of the children; they searched thoroughly, and then came back to the front room.

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Related Words

• drawing room
• sitting room