reception roomnoun [ C ]
uk/rɪˈsep.ʃən ˌruːm/us/rɪˈsep.ʃən ˌruːm/UK formal(especially in descriptions of houses for sale) a room in a house where people can sit together:
The house has two reception rooms - a living room and a dining room.
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Parts of buildings: rooms
- antechamber
- anteroom
- atelier
- atrium
- attic
- ballroom
- conservatory
- en suite
- eyrie
- family room
- form room
- front room
- gymnasium
- parlour
- reading room
- refectory
- room
- rumpus room
- snug
- vault
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