- sitting room
- noun Date: 1771 living room 1
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
sitting room
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Sitting room — Sitting Sit ting, n. 1. The state or act of one who sits; the posture of one who occupies a seat. [1913 Webster] 2. A seat, or the space occupied by or allotted for a person, in a church, theater, etc.; as, the hall has 800 sittings. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sitting-room — sitting rooms N COUNT A sitting room is a room in a house where people sit and relax. [BRIT] Syn: living room (in AM, usually use living room) … English dictionary
sitting room — sitting room, living room These are the standard terms in current use for the main room of a house equipped for comfort. Lounge is ‘non U’ (see U and non U) when applied to a room in a private house, and drawing room (shortened from withdrawing… … Modern English usage
sitting room — ► NOUN chiefly Brit. ▪ a room that is furnished for sitting and relaxing in … English terms dictionary
sitting room — n. 1. LIVING ROOM 2. any room, esp. a small one next to a bedroom, used as a living room … English World dictionary
sitting room — n especially BrE the room in a house where you sit, relax, watch television etc = ↑living room … Dictionary of contemporary English
sitting room — sitting ,room noun count MAINLY BRITISH a LIVING ROOM … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Sitting room — (engl., spr. rūm), Wohnzimmer … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
sitting room — index chamber (compartment) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
sitting room — (izg. sȉting rȗm) m DEFINICIJA razg. soba za sjedenje, dnevni boravak; voncimer, tinel ETIMOLOGIJA engl … Hrvatski jezični portal
sitting room — noun a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑living room, ↑living room, ↑front room, ↑parlor, ↑parlour • Hypernyms: ↑room … Useful english dictionary
