living room

Definition

A room in a private house used for general social and leisure activities.

Etymology

Doublet of Lebensraum.

Example Sentences

• "Near-synonyms: lounge (esp. UK), loungeroom, lounge room (esp. Australia), sitting room, parlour, parlor, foreroom, front room, drawing room, zitkamer"
• "We relax in the living room."
• "But in the quest for ‘lebensraum’ — the Nazi quest for living room for the German people — he was to find to his ultimate cost the Russians were made of sterner stuff than he had envisaged."