family roomnoun [ C ]
/ˈfæm.əl.i ˌruːm/us/ˈfæm.əl.i ˌruːm/a room in a family’s home that is used for relaxing, especially for watching television
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Parts of buildings: rooms
- antechamber
- anteroom
- atelier
- atrium
- attic
- ballroom
- conservatory
- en suite
- eyrie
- form room
- front room
- garret
- gymnasium
- reading room
- reception room
- refectory
- room
- rumpus room
- snug
- vault
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Examples from literature
- He admitted us and took us into the family room, where there was a lamp dimly burning on a center-table.
- He was taken into the family room, and passed a very pleasant hour with the jolly brewer, his friendly wife, and the two "nice girls."
- Her son who had grown up big, while she grew down little, went back to the family room with her.
- The family room looked very small and very mean, and the downward staircase by which it was attained looked very narrow and very crooked.
- The main point is to have all the family rooms on one level.