great room

noun

: a large room in a residence usually serving several functions (as of a dining room, living room, and family room)

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Indoors, the home features four bedrooms, including two suites, three full bathrooms and one half bathroom, a kitchen opening into a formal dining room, a great room with a gas fireplace and a second floor sitting room with space for a home office. Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2024 Showrunner Quinta Brunson and her fellow scribes will be joining us for a discussion about doing great work in a great room. Anne Victoria Clark, Vulture, 12 Nov. 2024 In the great room, where the tour ends, hundreds of colorful, handmade clay statues line the walls. Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 27 Sep. 2024 After all, the surrounding forest was a main feature of the great room that the entire house was designed around. Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 12 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for great room 

Word History

First Known Use

1639, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of great room was in 1639

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“Great room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great%20room. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.

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