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sitting room

A living room.

sitting room

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

sit′ting room`

a small living room.

[1765–75]

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Noun

sitting room - a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

front room, living room, living-room, parlor, parlour

common room - a sitting room (usually at school or university)

dwelling, dwelling house, habitation, home, abode, domicile - housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

morning room - a sitting room used during the daylight hours

room - an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

salon - elegant sitting room where guests are received

sitting room

noun (Brit.) living room, lounge, drawing room, front room, family room I went into the sitting room and turned on the television.

Translations

غُرْفَةُ الْـمَعِيشَة

obývací pokoj

dagligstue

olohuone

dnevna soba

居間

응접실

vardagsrum

ห้องนั่งเล่น

oturma odası

phòng khách

起居室

sitting room

n → salotto, soggiorno

sitting room

→ غُرْفَةُ الْـمَعِيشَة obývací pokoj dagligstue Wohnzimmer καθιστικό sala de estar olohuone salon dnevna soba salotto 居間 응접실 zitkamer stue pokój dzienny sala de estar гостиная vardagsrum ห้องนั่งเล่น oturma odası phòng khách 起居室

References in classic literature ?

The card tables were drawn out, sets made up for boston, and the count's visitors settled themselves, some in the two drawing rooms, some in the sitting room, some in the library.

Do you remember how we and Nicholas, all three of us, talked in the sitting room after supper?

Sonya, shaking off some down which clung to her and tucking away the verses in the bosom of her dress close to her bony little chest, ran after Natasha down the passage into the sitting room with flushed face and light, joyous steps.

In the midst of the third ecossaise there was a clatter of chairs being pushed back in the sitting room where the count and Marya Dmitrievna had been playing cards with the majority of the more distinguished and older visitors.

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On each side of the entrance was a sitting room, about sixteen feet square; and beyond them were the offices and the stairs.

Marianne's pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of; and Elinor's drawings were affixed to the walls of their sitting room.

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The four-bedroom Waithe Close Farm is set in around 13 acres of land and boasts a large games room, three bathrooms, four reception rooms and a large sitting room.

For sale: PS1.25m farm with its own swimming pool

The Sitting Room has gone from strength to strength since it became licensed to serve quality cocktails and drinks from its Saltburn home on Station Square two years ago.

New bar home from home; SUCCESSFUL TEAM OPENS ITS SECOND VENUE AFTER SALTBURN COCKTAIL BAR PROVES POPULAR

One of the double bedrooms is used as a first floor sitting room and has bi-folding doors to a south-facing terrace.

Admire the view from spacious home

To the rear is the second double bedroom with en-suite shower room and spacious open-plan kitchen and sitting room overlooking the impressive rear garden.

PROPERTY SPOTLIGHT; MERCHISTON, EDINBURGH

The internal accommodation is well proportioned and set out over two floors and offers in brief, an entrance hall with period ground floor shower room off, a comfortable front sitting room, an internal hallway allowing access to three bedrooms, one of which can be used as an alternative sitting room.

FULWOOD PARK, AIGBURTH, PS760, [...]

s girlfriend] knocked on her bedroom door to inform her that the suspect was in the sitting room.