front room
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of front room
First recorded in 1670–80
Example Sentences
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The scent of Mexican spiced coffee brewed in a clay pot wafts through the front room.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 11, 2026
"They work for a period of years to earn and graduate essentially into this role and working in the front room," Clem added.
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
This front room is also where Angela consoled her son when he was targeted by school bullies at the local comprehensive.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2025
Installing lagging over kitchen pipes and sealing cracks in the windows in the front room also made a huge difference to her.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025
We were sitting in Tante Jans’s front room with Kik and some other young men, who had made us a delivery of forged travel-permits too late to get home by curfew.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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