RECEPTION ROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reception room mean? 

• RECEPTION ROOM (noun)
  The noun RECEPTION ROOM has 1 sense:

1. a room for receiving and entertaining visitors (as in a private house or hotel)

  Familiarity information: RECEPTION ROOM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECEPTION ROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A room for receiving and entertaining visitors (as in a private house or hotel)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("reception room" is a kind of...):

room (an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "reception room"):

drawing room; withdrawing room (a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained)

parlor; parlour (reception room in an inn or club where visitors can be received)

 Context examples 

The lawn was the reception room, and for several minutes a lively scene was enacted there.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)