drawing room

noun

1

a

: a formal reception room

b

: a private room on a railroad passenger car with three berths and an enclosed toilet

2

: a formal reception

Examples of drawing room in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Vice president of basketball engagement Alvin Gentry represented the Kings in the drawing room, where representatives of each team are sequestered without electronic devices. —Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 13 May 2025

General manager Bobby Webster was in the drawing room. —Eric Koreen, New York Times, 13 May 2025

Colour was also used in the Royal Pavilion’s interiors to elevate or quieten the mood, for example bright canary yellow in the drawing room or calming sage green in the king’s bedroom. —Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

The second floor houses the drawing room, a massive space that occupies the entire width of the house and was the site of many of Aspinall’s raucous parties. —Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 8 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

short for withdrawing room

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Rhymes for drawing room

• anteroom
• assume
• backroom
• ballroom
• barroom
• bathroom
• bedroom
• boardroom
• bridegroom
• classroom
• cloakroom
• consume

Kids Definition

drawing room

noun

: a formal room for entertaining company

Etymology

shortened from withdrawing room "a room one can go to to be alone"