front room

noun

Examples of front room in a Sentence

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Investigators are calling the fire suspicious due to the volume of fire that was in the front room. Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026 Broken furniture was piled in a front room. Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026 The front room reads like an elegant chocolate shop—glass cases lined with glossy bonbons filled with citrusy orange-blossom gin or the caramel warmth of an old-fashioned. Carrie Honaker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 23 Apr. 2026 The flight dynamics officer is one of the front room positions in the mission control center. Carlos De Loera, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for front room

Word History

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of front room was in 1827

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“Front room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/front%20room. Accessed 1 May. 2026.

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