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sitting room

A living room.

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sitting room

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

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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.

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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

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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

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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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The kitchen was the same size as the sitting room; through it was a bedroom.

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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 woodwork throughout the property, including the sitting room floor, is solid oak, while the flagstone floors in the hallway are the original flagstones from the dairy.

TAKING TO THE RURAL LIFE; From cows and tractors to a luxury barn conversion

In the basement the property has a sitting room with access to a bedroom and en-suite shower room, which could easily be used as a separate residence.

Investment Opportunity; Promenade, Southport, pounds 295, 000

In a popular and convenient location close to West Bromwich town centre, it has an entrance hall, cellarette, a front sitting room, a rear sitting room, a lobby, dining kitchen, a rear lobby, a bathroom with a white suite, three bedrooms and a store room, a driveway for one vehicle, a paved yard to the side and a lawned garden.

Terraced property in popular location on sale with no chain

Formerly a shop, the front door now opens into a small vestibule leading into a sitting room which has large picture window and feture fireplace.

Townhouse with lovely gardens

It has a wonderful welcoming symmetry which carries on through into the hallway with it large sitting room to the left and wonderful kitchen and dining room to the right.