drawing-room

Noun

Meaning

A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

The company assembled in such a room; also, a reception of company in it; as, to hold a drawing-room.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Alternative names

drawing room

Synonyms

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Hypernyms

compartment reception room

Examples

As a result of having read this book Gilbert, two years later, journeyed to England with three of his slaves and there in a drawing room meeting arranged in Wandsworth on 15 January 1759, met the preacher John Wesley. Source: Internet

A bowl of roses in the drawing room had a depth of color and a cent they had not processed in the open. Source: Internet

Buddy Rogers often gave guests tours of Pickfair, including views of a genuine western bar Pickford had bought for Douglas Fairbanks, and a portrait of Pickford in the drawing room. Source: Internet

Her close friend Charlotte Brontë stayed there three times, and on one occasion hid behind the drawing room curtains as she was too shy to meet the Gaskells' other visitors. citation. Source: Internet

Behind the long gallery is an irregularly-shaped billiard room and the drawing room. Source: Internet

Dearly we paid for the blunder - A drawing-room General's mistake. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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