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

Most important, without every thread from the past seven episodes, the charmingly chaotic scene in the Bridgerton drawing room would be so much less fun! —Christina Grace Tucker, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026

For the first time ever, the show's fourth installment beckons viewers downstairs, past the formal drawing rooms and lavish ballrooms, and into the kitchens, back hallways, and living quarters of the working class who keep the fantasy running upstairs. —Madeline Hirsch, InStyle, 26 Feb. 2026

Ries went back to the drawing room and created a new clay mold for an improved Bootcap that the company launched this past December. —Jakob Schiller, Outside, 25 Feb. 2026

The Royal Lodge interior features seven bedrooms, a saloon, and a spacious drawing room. —Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 19 Feb. 2026

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"