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living-room set

living-room set

2.6
A set of matching furniture for a room where people sit and relax, like a sofa and chairs
  • noun
  • US
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  • After saving for months, they finally bought a stylish living-room set to complete their home.

Examples

  • The family gathered around their new living-room set, enjoying the comfort of the sofa and chairs.

  • Our living room set consisted of a couch, a loveseat, a chair and matching ottoman, a sofa table, an end table, a media table, and a large storage ottoman that we were using as a coffee table (because Brian and I aren't coffee table kind of people).

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  • She proudly showed her friends the elegant living-room set that included a matching sofa and armchairs.

Synonyms

suite
vsliving-room set
19 4.2

A set of matching furniture for a room, like a sofa and chairs

is specific to furniture for the main sitting area rather than any room
living room set
vsliving-room set
  • US
1 2.1

A group of matching furniture for a living room like a sofa and chairs

is the same idea but uses a different common noun in naming
living-room suite
vsliving-room set
  • UK
3.6

A set of matching furniture for a living room with a sofa and chairs

is the same idea but uses a different noun or hyphenation in written form
living room suite
vsliving-room set
  • UK
3.4

A set of matching furniture for a living room, like a sofa and chairs

is the same concept but differs in spacing or noun choice in writing
livingroom suite
vsliving-room set
  • UK
3.4

A set of matching furniture for the living room, usually with a sofa and chairs

is the same but written as separate words or with different punctuation

How Complete

living room set
  • US
1 2.1
living-room set
  • US
2.6
loveseat
  • US
4 3.4
chair
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

living-room set singular
living-room sets plural
living room sets plural
living room set singular

Morphology

living-room + set

The meaning is directly derivable from 'living-room' (the room used for living/social activities) + 'set' (a group of related items), i.e. a group of furniture for the living room. This noun–noun compositional pattern is common and cross‑linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Living-room set comes from furniture shops that sold a matching set of sofa, chairs and a table made for the living room. Because the pieces were meant to go together in one 'room', the phrase now means 'a matching set of furniture' for the living room.