great room

noun

: a large room in a residence usually serving several functions (as of a dining room, living room, and family room)

Examples of great room in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The kitchen blends into the great room, which is banked with white stone that frames a fireplace. —R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025

From the moment visitors step inside, they’re welcomed by an impressive 11-foot-wide entryway with soaring ceilings leading into a spacious great room. —Prime Development, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025

Fortunately, the listing survives online and shows a great room on the upper level with terraces that connect to the main level via a gently curving staircase with a dark wood handrail that seems more 1910 than 2010. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2025

Rooms seem to unfurl naturally — with a kitchen and bedrooms off to the left in this image, and a den and great room to the right. —Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1639, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for great room

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