living-room

Language: en

🇬🇧 /ˈlɪvɪŋ-ruːm/ 🇺🇸 /ˈlɪvɪŋ-rum/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    A room in a house or apartment used for general everyday activities such as relaxing, entertaining guests, or watching television; a sitting room or lounge.; A room in a hotel or public building designed for guests or visitors to sit, relax, and socialize.; A room in a large house or estate used as a common area for the household, as distinguished from more formal rooms such as the drawing room or parlor.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: living rooms

Collocations

living room furnitureliving room tablein the living roomliving room couchliving room decor

Synonyms

loungesitting roomparlorfront roomfamily room

Commonly confused

lounge
EN: 'Lounge' is the preferred term in British English, while 'living room' is more common in American English.
family room
EN: 'Family room' typically refers to a more casual, everyday room, while 'living room' often implies a more formal space for receiving guests.

Spelling tips

EN: The standard spelling is 'living room' (two separate words, no hyphen). The hyphenated form 'living-room' is occasionally used as an attributive modifier (e.g., 'living-room furniture') but is nonstandard as a standalone noun.

💬 Examples

  1. The family gathered in the living-room to watch a movie together.

  2. Guests were invited to wait in the living-room while their rooms were being prepared.

  3. The children were not allowed to play in the formal parlor, so they spent their time in the living-room instead.