reception room

noun

1. a room for receiving visitors, clients, patients, etc.

reception room

noun

1. a room in a private house suitable for entertaining guests, esp a lounge or dining room
2. a room in a hotel suitable for large parties, receptions, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of reception room¹

First recorded in 1820–30

Example Sentences

Then, about 10 minutes before the end, the musicians take off their headphones, leave their instruments and gather around one of two grand pianos in the reception room.

From Washington Post

The reception room where the interrogation took place was packed with officers.

From Washington Blade

I was sitting in a foyer called the “Diplomatic Reception Room” when President Obama walked in.

From The Daily Beast

Their portraits now hang in the Senate Reception Room of the Capitol.

From The Daily Beast

Kind of a reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room from a hole in the wall.

From Project Gutenberg

A gray-haired man with a bustling manner and wearing glasses came through the reception room and Mark stopped him.

From Project Gutenberg

I take the pasteboard, return it to my case, and walk slowly out of the reception-room.

From Project Gutenberg

Another man was sprawled on the gray broadloom of the reception room, a brownish puddle beneath his side.

From Project Gutenberg

In one of the courts was a plain-columned hall on the level of the ground, which served as a reception-room.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• foyer
• vestibule