living-room

Questions about living-room

What does living-room mean?

living-room means "a room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax".

How many syllables are in living-room?

living-room has 3 syllables and divides as li-vin-g-room under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for living-room?

Close synonyms include living room, sitting room, front room, parlor, parlour. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is living-room a common word?

living-room is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.