"living-room" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: living-rooms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} living-room (plural living-rooms)
  1. Alternative form of living room Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: living room
    Sense id: en-living-room-en-noun-Gh6O4pb2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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