drawing room

noun
🔊/ˈdrɔːɪŋ ruːm/, 🔊/ˈdrɔːɪŋ rʊm/
🔊/ˈdrɔːɪŋ ruːm/, 🔊/ˈdrɔːɪŋ rʊm/
(formal or old-fashioned)
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  1. a room in a large house in which people relax and guests are entertained起居室;客厅 compare living roomTopics Houses and homesc2
    Word Originmid 17th cent. (denoting a private room attached to a more public one): abbreviation of 16th-cent. withdrawing-room ‘a room to withdraw to’.