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LIV-ingr-oom/ˈlɪvɪŋ ruːm/

A living room (id: living-room) is the main room in a house for sitting and relaxing (UK; also a sitting room or lounge). A dining room is for meals; a bedroom is for sleeping. Halls: quiet hours in the shared living room start at 11pm; a party speaker is a tenancy breach.

Meaning

The main room in a house for sitting and relaxing (UK; also a sitting room).

Examples

• “Quiet hours in the shared living room start at 11pm; a party speaker is a tenancy breach.”
• “Living-room furniture on the inventory is not for the balcony; a sofa outdoors still costs the deposit.”

Good to know

a living room (UK). Close: a sitting room / a lounge. Contrast: a dining room / a bedroom. Halls / tenancy. Countable rooms. Mix-up: living is also the fact of being alive, not the room.

Near in meaning

sitting room

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