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LIVING ROOM

Pronunciation (US):

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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 ("living 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 "living 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 ("living room" is a part of...):

abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)

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 Context examples: 

The living room was crowded to the doors with a set of tapestried furniture entirely too large for it so that to move about was to stumble continually over scenes of ladies swinging in the gardens of Versailles.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)