conversation pit

American  

noun

1. a usually sunken portion of a room or living area with chairs, sofas, etc., often grouped around a fireplace, where people can gather to talk.

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conversation pit

One of the home’s more fascinating features is a sunken conversation pit lined with sumptuous sofas in the living room.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026

That first week, we had a TV and a kind of makeshift conversation pit: a quilt, a mattress, some pillows.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2026

As it swept through the ’60s, the conversation pit became a delineated social coliseum, designed for deep conversation and deliberate social intimacy, the interior design equivalent of the cul-de-sac.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2022

The circular sofa is a place to gather, a spiritual descendent of that uniquely suburban, utopian symbol of togetherness: the conversation pit.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2022

It was one of several arranged in a sunken conversation pit.

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