Meaning

5 senses
  1. (UK)Any room where visitors may be entertained; now, the living room.

    Empfangszimmer, Gesellschaftszimmer, Wohnzimmer

    гости́наяgostínaja, сало́нsalón

    a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained

  2. (UK)A multifunctional room that can be used for any purpose in a palace or castle.

    Gesellschaftszimmer, Empfangszimmer, Empfangshalle

  3. (UK)A levée where ladies are presented at court or to society.

  4. (US)A private room on a railroad sleeping car.

    купе́kupɛ́, купе́ сало́н-ваго́наkupɛ́ salón-vagóna

    a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet

  5. A room where engineers draw up plans and patterns.

Examples

15 sentences
  1. Mary is in the drawing room.

  2. Tom is in the drawing room.

  3. Don't go into this drawing room now.

  4. There were some guests waiting in the drawing room.

  5. After dinner, we all went into the drawing room.

Translations

5 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
room where visitors may be entertained:
private room on a sleeping car:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
room where visitors may be entertained:
room in a castle:

Origin

Shortening of withdrawing room.

Shortening of withdrawing room.

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Forms

plural: drawing rooms

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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