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Vinony

living room

noun

  1. room in a residential house for relaxing and socializing
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪvɪŋ ɹuːm/

noun

Etymology: Doublet of Lebensraum.

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

    “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.”

  2. Land intended for settlers.

    “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.”