SINCE 1828
great room
nounDefinition of great room
: a large room in a residence usually serving several functions (as of a dining room, living room, and family room)
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The porch also cuts into the great room, making the reading nook not quite wide enough to fully stretch out. — Taylor Martin, House Beautiful, "What I Learned About Living In A Tiny House," 7 Nov. 2018 Sweet said the big great room opens to the kitchen, making the space feel even larger. — Ottavia Zappala, azcentral, "Gold Canyon couple turns enormous great room into a cozy haven," 12 July 2018 Inside, the soaring great room boasts a vaulted and paneled ceiling with exposed beams, a large brick hearth, built-in sofa, and walls of glass overlooking a stone patio and the yard beyond. — Lauren Ro, Curbed, "Midcentury home in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonia community asks $1.6M," 15 June 2018 Off the great room is the sunroom with access to the pool area and expansive views through three walls of casement windows. — Carol Riordan, courant.com, "Property of the Week: 59 Papermill Road, Glastonbury," 28 Dec. 2017 The rest of the great room is spacious enough for a dining table as well as lounge furniture. — Pamela Dittmer Mckuen, chicagotribune.com, "New Streeterville residential high-rise boasts over an acre of amenity spaces," 22 Aug. 2017 In this Texas home, the great room, kitchen, and master bedroom all open up to this luxe 30-foot-diameter reflecting pool built to resemble a watering trough. — Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, "9 One-Of-A-Kind Backyards," 15 Apr. 2014 In the great room, none of the windows facing the backyard could be opened. — Ottavia Zappala, azcentral, "Gold Canyon couple turns enormous great room into a cozy haven," 12 July 2018 Dark wood floors create visual contrast against white walls in the great room and library/den. — Neal J. Leitereg, latimes.com, "L.A King Dustin Brown heats up the Manhattan Beach home market," 14 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'great room.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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