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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The warrant said that among the things the officers found was a leak coming from the bathroom, on the floor, and black growth on the interior surfaces within the bathroom, living room, and hallway. Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 9 May 2026 Scenic designer Tim Mackabee has fashioned a comfortable A-frame house interior with living room dominated by the piano, a central couch, a card table and a kitchen off to the side. Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 9 May 2026 The living areas are next with your living room and bedrooms. Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 9 May 2026 Attenborough, more than anybody, has established the link between the patch of glass in our living rooms and the wide world beyond—which, thanks to him, is revealed to be wider, weirder, and more combative than anyone could have conceived. Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for living room

Word History

First Known Use

1787, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 14 May. 2026.

Kids Definition

living room

noun
: a room in a house for general family use

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