"front room" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: front rooms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} front room (plural front rooms)
  1. A living room; a room in the front of the house which is used for entertaining guests or for special occasions. Categories (topical): Rooms Synonyms: foreroom, frontroom, front-room, frunchroom Translations (room reserved for special occasions — see also living room): seòmar-aghaidh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), seòmar-beòil [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), seòmar-toisich [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)

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