drawing room
20
4.2
- noun
- /ˈdrɔɪŋ ruːm/
- Archaic
:
salón
- After you're finished, join me in the drawing room with the drinks.
Oh, I want a Bridgeton drawing room like the all blue.
- Oh, I want a Bridgeton drawing room like the all blue.
Examples
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Allegra sat alone in the Dugdale drawing room, nursing her dark mood.
Fiction book (1991) -
Will you wait in the drawing room?
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Tonight, he wants both of you in the drawing room after dinner.
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You can use that drawing room now if you want.
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Let's see what's in the drawing room.
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On returning to the drawing room, Julian asked to speak with Sir Robert in private.
Fiction book (1993) -
For the others, the evening in the drawing room seemed never-ending.
Fiction book (1993) -
Scarlett ran back to the drawing room to look at the tall clock.
Fiction book (1991) -
Once back in the drawing room, I searched for Walter, but couldn't seem to find him.
Fiction book (1990) -
After dinner, we walked into the drawing room, where coffee was being served.
Synonyms
617
1.0
A room in a house where people relax and sit together, for example to watch TV
186
4.4
A room in a house or inn where people sit to talk and meet guests
20
1.6
A room in a house where people sit and talk
10
4.5
A large elegant room in a house where guests meet
4
3.2
A room in a house or hotel where visitors wait and the host meets them
1
9.9
A formal room in a large house where guests sit and talk
How Formal
10
4.5
- Archaic
20
4.2
4
3.2
- US
186
4.4
- UK
20
1.6
617
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
drawing + room
A B1 learner who knows 'drawing' (likely as a picture or as the gerund of 'draw') and 'room' would not predict the specialized railway sense 'private compartment on a sleeper rail car.' The compound is historically non-compositional (from 'withdrawing room') and the current meanings (reception room or rail compartment) are lexicalized and domain-specific, so the overall sense cannot be derived from the constituents.
Etymology
Drawing room may come from the older name 'withdrawing room', a small private room people would 'withdraw' to after a meal to rest and talk. That's why it now means a formal room in a house where visitors are received.