LIVING-ROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does living-room mean? 

• LIVING-ROOM (noun)
  The noun LIVING-ROOM has 1 sense:

1. a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

  Familiarity information: LIVING-ROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LIVING-ROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

front room; living-room; living room; parlor; parlour; sitting room

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)

 Context examples 

Once they were seated in the living-room, he began to get on easily—more easily by far than he had expected.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He could see the wolves flooding into the big living-room of the fort.

(White Fang, by Jack London)