SITTING ROOM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sitting room mean? 

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

1. a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SITTING ROOM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

front room; living-room; living room; parlor; parlour; sitting room

Hypernyms ("sitting 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 "sitting room"):

common room (a sitting room (usually at school or university))

morning room (a sitting room used during the daylight hours)

salon (elegant sitting room where guests are received)

Holonyms ("sitting room" is a part of...):

abode; domicile; dwelling; dwelling house; habitation; home (housing that someone is living in)

 Context examples 

There is one remarkably pretty sitting room up stairs; of a nice comfortable size for constant use, and with modern furniture it would be delightful.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

This must be a most inconvenient sitting room for the evening, in summer; the windows are full west.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

On each side of the entrance was a sitting room, about sixteen feet square; and beyond them were the offices and the stairs.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Marianne's pianoforte was unpacked and properly disposed of; and Elinor's drawings were affixed to the walls of their sitting room.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

Aye, aye, the parsonage is but a small one, said she, after the first ebullition of surprise and satisfaction was over, and very likely MAY be out of repair; but to hear a man apologising, as I thought, for a house that to my knowledge has five sitting rooms on the ground-floor, and I think the housekeeper told me could make up fifteen beds!—and to you too, that had been used to live in Barton cottage!

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)