RECEPTION ROOM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A room for receiving and entertaining visitors (as in a private house or hotel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("reception 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 "reception room"):

drawing room; withdrawing room (a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained)

parlor; parlour (reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received)

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