front room en · NOUN
Meanings
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A room near the entrance of a building.
She did not knock at the door, which stood open, but, somewhat to Fermi's amazement, walked at once into the front room, which was plainly the room of state.
1880, Frances Hodgson Burnett, chapter 7, in Louisiana:
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A room near the entrance of a building. ▸ Such a room that serves as an entryway, initial reception area, or waiting room.
Near-synonyms: foyer, vestibule
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(especially) A room near the entrance of a building. ▸ A living room or similar room in such position that is used for entertaining guests or for special occasions.
As well as our rather cluttered sitting-room we did have what was referred to as the ‘front room’.
1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 48:She had a whole floor of everlasting flowers spread to dry in her front room.
1942, Emily Carr, “Loyalty”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:He found the door open, and in the front room, which is bare of furniture, discovered the body of a gentleman, well dressed, and having cards in his pocket bearing the name of ‘Enoch J. Drebber, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.‘
1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 3, in A Study in Scarlet:The front room, the parlor, seemed to us children to be a room of much splendor, but was open for general use only on Sunday evening or on rare occasions when there were parties.
1913, Theodore Roosevelt, chapter 1, in Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| front rooms | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| frontroom | alternative | lexicographic | |
| front-room | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
backroom · back room · back room · backroom · backroom · back room
Coordinates
drawing room · antechamber · parlour · sitting room · parlor · anteroom · front porch
Relateds
front of house · front of the house · front office
Synonyms
anteroom · vestibule · foyer · foreroom · foreroom · fronch room · antechamber · foreroom
Translations (4)
gd seòmar-beòil (room reserved for special occasions — see also living room) · gd seòmar-aghaidh (room reserved for special occasions — see also living room) · pl pokój gościnny (room reserved for special occasions — see also living room) · gd seòmar-toisich (room reserved for special occasions — see also living room)