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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a formal room where visitors can be received and entertained [syn: withdrawing room ] a private compartment on a sleeping car with three bunks and a toilet

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And knowing the rules, you don't allow smoking in the drawing room . ▪ Birds are the theme of the drawing room . ▪ But Charles and Elaine were sitting on the rug before the open wood fire in the drawing room . ▪ In one episode, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context British English) A multifunctional room that can be used for any purpose in a palace or castle. 2 (context British English) Any room where visitors may be entertained; now, the living room.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
A drawing room is a room in a house where visitors may be entertained. The name is derived from the sixteenth-century terms withdrawing room and withdrawing chamber , which remained in use through the seventeenth century, and made their first written appearance ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, short for withdrawing room (see withdraw ), into which ladies would go after dinner.