sunroom

[ suhn-room, -room ]

noun

1. a room designed to admit a large amount of sunlight; sun parlor or sun porch.

sunroom

/ ˈsʌnˌruːm; ˈsʌnˌrʊm /

noun

1. a room or glass-enclosed porch designed to display beautiful views, to admit and retain the sun's heat in cool countries, and reflect it away in warm countries

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunroom¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; sun + room

Example Sentences

They have transformed the sunroom at the front of their two-story brick home in San Antonio into a museum of their dead son.

From Time

Instead, I suggested we move to our sunroom, open up all the windows and turn the fan on for air circulation.

From Washington Post

Eventually, Weirich had to kick out her jacuzzi and plants from her sunroom, where she now holds court.

From The Daily Beast

Det. 2: No, not your belt . . . . Remember being out in the sunroom, the room that sits out to the back of the house?

From The Daily Beast

He obsessively reads the theology books that line the sunroom: Max Lucado, C.S Lewis, even Billy Graham.

From The Daily Beast

The wild azalea filled the glassed sunroom of the Tollivers with a faint echo of the glory of the distant mountain.

From Project Gutenberg