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FRONT ROOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax
Synonyms:
front room; living-room; living room; parlor; parlour; sitting room
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("front room" is a kind of...):
room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "front room"):
common room (a sitting room (usually at school or university))
morning room (a sitting room used during the daylight hours)
salon (elegant sitting room where guests are received)
Holonyms ("front room" is a part of...):
abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)
Context examples:
The servant deposed that she heard him enter the front room on the second floor, generally used as his sitting-room.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Thrust away behind a curtain in the front room were all the clothes of Mr. Neville St. Clair, with the exception of his coat.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Her mother had not come back yet, and we were shown into the front room to wait.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As we left the house Lestrade remained in the front room, while the repentant constable opened the door to let us out.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Convinced that something was amiss with him, she rushed down the steps—for the house was none other than the opium den in which you found me to-night—and running through the front room she attempted to ascend the stairs which led to the first floor.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
We all filed into the front room and sat round the central table while the Inspector unlocked a square tin box and laid a small heap of things before us.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
