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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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Look out for the “Ascending…” capsule collection, available exclusively at the showroom, or lounge in the platformed conversation pit to contemplate reality.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2025

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

Sitting alone in a conversation pit signified an absence; sitting alone on a sectional sofa, which could, theoretically, quickly convert back to conversational furniture, didn’t make us feel quite so lonely.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 27, 2022

The flight center, including the conversation pit, was restored and reborn as TWA Hotel in 2019.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2022

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

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn

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