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

Sitting in the living room of that apartment during the 2011 Times interview, with the living-room windows opened wide to catch the breeze, he responded only briefly to a question about her death.

From New York Times

Seconds later, Amir Locke, 22, who had been asleep on the living-room couch when roused by the officers, was mortally wounded.

From New York Times

“We like to show things in a living-room environment, which is how people collect,” Mr. Snyderman said.

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When a frantic crow interrupts an afternoon’s filming — and destroys the family’s screamingly pink-patterned living-room — Mother reacts by swiftly snapping its neck.

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Breuer anchored this lightweight architecture to the earth with a living-room wall and massive fireplace of fieldstone.

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Related Words

• drawing room
• parlor
• salon
• sitting room