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 The ground floor holds all living areas, including the drawing room, dining room, secondary sitting room, study, and kitchen. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Feb. 2024 Her characters already feel contemporary... and the idea of these vibrant, bright, modern feeling girls arriving like whirlwinds into the fusty, traditional drawing rooms of Victorian London is irresistible. Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023 The main floor houses a grand formal reception room with parquet hardwood floors and exposed timber beams, a drawing room, a formal dining room, a large kitchen, a garden-facing sitting room, a study, and an office. Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023 Take the parlor, for example, which is really three rooms — what the floor plan refers to as a parlor, drawing room, and great room, but which Butt describes as a living room and a dining room with a ballroom in between. Curbed, 1 Dec. 2023 But take us back to Joséphine’s drawing room, where dom-versus-dom dynamics result in a showdown that could have filled several seasons of reality TV, with Kirby’s purr often carrying the day. Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2023 Additionally, there’s a drawing room with bow windows, a family room, and an office. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2023 The drawing room of Janet de Botton’s home in Provence, with mauve linen curtains from Nicky Haslam. Jermaine Gallacher, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2023 There’s also a study, a formal drawing room, and a sitting room. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

short for withdrawing room

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of drawing room was in 1791

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Cite this Entry

“Drawing room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/drawing%20room. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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"

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