"sitting room" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sitting rooms [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sitting room (plural sitting rooms)
  1. (British) A living-room; a room in a house where people pass the time in leisure. Tags: British Categories (topical): Rooms Synonyms: living-room, living room, lounge, sitting-room Hypernyms: room
    Sense id: en-sitting_room-en-noun-TOENWqx6 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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