Alternative forms

• frontroom, front-room

Noun

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2. A room near the entrance of a building.
   • 1880, Frances Hodgson Burnett, chapter 7, in Louisiana‎:

     She did not knock at the door, which stood open, but, somewhat to Fermi's amazement, walked at once into the front room, which was plainly the room of state.

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   Synonym: foreroom (broad sense)

   Antonyms: backroom, back room

   1. Such a room that serves as an entryway, initial reception area, or waiting room.

      Synonyms: anteroom, antechamber

      Near-synonym: foyerCategory:English links with manual fragments#FRONT%20ROOM

   2. (especially) A living room or similar room in such position that is used for entertaining guests or for special occasions.

      Synonym: foreroom (narrow sense)

      Antonyms: backroom, back room

      Coordinate terms: anteroom, antechamber; parlour, parlor, sitting room, drawing room; front porch

      • 1887, Arthur Conan Doyle, chapter 3, in A Study in Scarlet‎:

        He found the door open, and in the front room, which is bare of furniture, discovered the body of a gentleman, well dressed, and having cards in his pocket bearing the name of ‘Enoch J. Drebber, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.‘

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      • 1913, Theodore Roosevelt, chapter 1, in Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography‎:

        The front room, the parlor, seemed to us children to be a room of much splendor, but was open for general use only on Sunday evening or on rare occasions when there were parties.

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      • 1942, Emily Carr, “Loyalty”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:

        She had a whole floor of everlasting flowers spread to dry in her front room.

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      • 1983, Bill Oddie, Gone Birding, London: Methuen, page 48:

        As well as our rather cluttered sitting-room we did have what was referred to as the ‘front room’.

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