family room
noun
1
US
: a large room designed as a recreation center and informal gathering place for members of a family
2
British
: a room in a pub where children are allowed
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Photo : Carmel Realty Company The cottage’s fireside family room.
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
After a 2018 renovation, the home now features a family room with high ceilings and French doors that open to the backyard.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
None of this is unprecedented; during its brief heyday as the thing nobody could ever figure out how to use properly, the VCR was also a fixture in more than nine-tenths of our family rooms, dens and bedrooms.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Undoubtedly, the star feature of the home is the slide, which (naturally) deposits its rider into the aforementioned ball pit in the family room below.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2025
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Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
After a 2018 renovation, the home now features a family room with high ceilings and French doors that open to the backyard.
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 16 Jan. 2025
None of this is unprecedented; during its brief heyday as the thing nobody could ever figure out how to use properly, the VCR was also a fixture in more than nine-tenths of our family rooms, dens and bedrooms.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 10 Jan. 2025
Undoubtedly, the star feature of the home is the slide, which (naturally) deposits its rider into the aforementioned ball pit in the family room below.
—Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Family room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20room. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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