drawing room
noun/ˈdrɔːɪŋ ruːm/, /ˈdrɔːɪŋ rʊm/
/ˈdrɔːɪŋ ruːm/, /ˈdrɔːɪŋ rʊm/
(formal or old-fashioned)- a room in a large house in which people relax and guests are entertained compare living roomTopics Houses and homesc2Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a private room attached to a more public one): abbreviation of 16th-cent. withdrawing-room ‘a room to withdraw to’.
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