sitting room

noun

1. a small living room, often one that forms part of a suite in a hotel, private house, etc.

sitting room

noun

1. a room in a private house or flat used for relaxation and entertainment of guests

Word History and Origins

Origin of sitting room¹

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

In another sitting room, a silk chair that somehow looked both new and old, strewn with patches of different upholstery fabric.

From Los Angeles Times

The fireplace in her sitting room is her only source of heating, but she also uses that hearth to cook food in cast iron pots.

From BBC

René opens the music box, and a tinkling music begins to play, the same song heard long ago in his Damascus sitting room.

From BBC

The heart of the space is an airy, sophisticated sitting room that connects on the south side to a dining room suggestive of decadent late night suppers in postwar Paris, and an industrial-inflected kitchen.

From New York Times

Around him, the sitting room was full of noise - his mother and little niece screaming, the Israeli soldiers shouting orders.

From BBC

Related Words

• drawing room 
• front room 
• living room