living room

noun

1
: a room in a residence used for the common social activities of the occupants
2
: lebensraum

called also living space

Examples of living room in a Sentence

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Montevideo, Uruguay: The nearly 14-mile waterside promenade La Rambla — One of the longest sidewalks in the world — serves as an outdoor living room for locals. Gerald Narciso Jeremie Souteyrat, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2025 And then there are the bad sketches that leave everyone in the in-studio audience chilled to the bone, sucking the oxygen out of your living room, too. Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025 Elsewhere on the main floor, there’s an airy step-down formal living room housing a wood-burning fireplace, a library, and a family room. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025 With Odom, 45, seated on his living room couch and Kardashian, 40, sitting on the floor, the two-time NBA champion expressed regret about the end of their relationship. Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for living room 

Word History

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of living room was in 1787

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“Living room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/living%20room. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.

Kids Definition

living room

noun
: a room in a house for general family use

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