sunroom

[ suhn-room, -room ]

/ ˈsʌnˌrum, -ˌrʊm /

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noun

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

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Origin of sunroom

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

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How to use sunroom in a sentence

They have transformed the sunroom at the front of their two-story brick home in San Antonio into a museum of their dead son.
‘Was This All Worth It?’ Grieving the Death of One of the Last U.S. Soldiers Killed in Afghanistan|W.J. Hennigan|September 2, 2021|Time
Instead, I suggested we move to our sunroom, open up all the windows and turn the fan on for air circulation.
Miss Manners: Guest insists on going indoors — against host’s pandemic plans|Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin|January 15, 2021|Washington Post
Eventually, Weirich had to kick out her jacuzzi and plants from her sunroom, where she now holds court.
Inside A Finishing School for Transwomen|Sharon Adarlo|December 27, 2014|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?
How the U.S. Justice System Screws Prisoners with Disabilities|Elizabeth Picciuto|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He obsessively reads the theology books that line the sunroom: Max Lucado, C.S Lewis, even Billy Graham.
John Ramsey's Lingering Suspicions|Lucinda Franks|October 13, 2008|DAILY BEAST
The wild azalea filled the glassed sunroom of the Tollivers with a faint echo of the glory of the distant mountain.
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British Dictionary definitions for sunroom

sunroom

/ (ˈsʌnˌruːm, ˈsʌnˌrʊm) /

noun

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

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sunroom

Origin of sunroom

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