living room

noun

1. a room in a home used, especially by a family, for leisure activities, entertaining guests, etc.; parlor.
2. Lebensraum ( def 2 ).

living room

noun

1. a room in a private house or flat used for relaxation and entertainment of guests

Word History and Origins

Origin of living room¹

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

I sat down at the living room piano and started playing this.

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That means visiting Fargo each week from the comforts of your bedroom without having to run any cables from the living room.

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Upstairs, in the living room, splintered logs of hemlock cackled and spat from inside the wood stove.

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Before I could apologize to his mother he ran back out to the living room with a poster of his dad and opened it up for me to see.

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Forget sitting down in the living room to watch your favorite shows this holiday.

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Tiptoeing down the hall, he came to a small upstairs living room in which a light burned.

From Project Gutenberg

He pivoted in his tracks, doubled back into the dining room, went through another door that brought him to the living room.

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And then he remembered that William Weedham's library was between living room and hall.

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The victim said "nine," immersed in his paper again, studying that living room suite.

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In the Nelson home, this time in the pretty living room, Allen Washburn was now a guest.

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Related Words

• drawing room
• parlor
• salon
• sitting room