sitting room
20
1.6
- noun
- /ˈsɪtɪŋ ruːm/
- UK
:
sala de estar
- We spent the afternoon relaxing in the sitting room with a good book.
- bedroom and sitting room
- suite with sitting room
- upstairs sitting room
This room, apart from the kitchen, it was probably the closest thing to like a family sitting room.
- This room, apart from the kitchen, it was probably the closest thing to like a family sitting room.
Examples
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Mamma was waiting in the sitting room for me when I entered the house.
Fiction book (1993) -
I'll wait in the sitting room.
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Go into the sitting room.
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This is the sitting room.
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And here we have our sitting room.
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In the sitting room, she openly tells me where her color came from.
Academic text (2009) -
Bellboys had brought them up and arranged them on a side table in my sitting room.
Fiction book (1991) -
Vincent gave his bedroom to Laura and slept on the couch in the sitting room.
Fiction book (1991) -
Kathleen laid two piping cups of tea on the small table in the sitting room.
Fiction book (1991) -
The hallway led to a large sitting room with overstuffed Victorian furniture, worn-looking but clean.
Fiction book (1994)
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
27
1.0
A room in a house where people relax and spend time together
20
4.2
A formal room where guests are received and entertained
16
1.2
A room at the front of a house where people sit, talk, and relax
How Comfortable
214
2.3
- UK
20
1.6
617
1.0
- Archaic
20
4.2
100
1.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a room where people can sit, talk, and relax' is directly and transparently built from 'sitting' (for sitting) + 'room' (an indoor area), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a room intended for sitting/relaxing. This adjective+noun compositional pattern is common in English and cross-linguistically familiar, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Sitting room comes from the simple idea of a room for sitting — a place to sit, talk, and relax instead of cook or sleep. So today it means a room in a house where people sit and spend time together.