front room

noun

Examples of front room in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The violence unfolded April 1 as Annie Peoples, 80, and her family slept in a front room of their home, The Clarion-Ledger reported, citing police. Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024 Fights had become so common at the Rouge that the management eventually just gave up the front room for just fighting. Quartz Staff, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024 The front room of Max Hooper Schneider’s studio in Culver City, Calif., looks like the office of a taxidermist, complete with stained beige carpet, a big oak desk and ranks of animalistic mannequins and mutations. Travis Diehl, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2023 At age 90, the Ben’s Chili Bowl co-founder has become the city’s reluctant matriarch Virginia Ali is working the front room at Ben’s Chili Bowl, stopping to greet nearly everyone who has walked into her 65-year-old diner on this Monday afternoon in late January. Tim Carman, Washington Post, 15 Feb. 2024 Make a gulf front room at Zota Beach Resort or a beachfront condo with several bedrooms just back from the dunes (and a lovely beachfront barbecue area for grilling) at Sand Cay Beach Resort your base on this sublime stretch of coastline. Terry Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Feb. 2024 What started as just a kitchen and small front room with space for about 40 customers, grew to be a town favorite and popular gathering place for locals. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Feb. 2024 Features include: New windows New skylight LED lighting Central A/C Walk-in pantry The skylight is situated over the fireplace, which acts like a centerpiece for the front room. Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 13 Feb. 2024 The Amalfi Llama is aiming for a different, more upscale clientele than those spots, with its large front room taking on a late-night lounge atmosphere once the sun goes down. Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1781, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of front room was in 1781

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“Front room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20room. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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