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0A 01b 00living room02b 00, also known as 01b 00sitting room02b 00 (especially in the 05000), 01b 00lounge room02b 00 or 01b 00lounge02b 00 (in the United Kingdom and 05100), is a 05200 for entertaining guests, reading, watching 05300 or other activities. In the 19th century, the parlor was the room in the house where the recently deceased were laid out before their funeral. 02br 02br 00The term marks the twentieth-century effort of 05700 and builders to strip the parlor of its burial and mourning associations.

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  • 0A 01b 00living room02b 00, also known as 01b 00sitting room02b 00 (especially in the 05000), 01b 00lounge room02b 00 or 01b 00lounge02b 00 (in the United Kingdom and 05100), is a 05200 for entertaining guests, reading, watching 05300 or other activities.
  • In the 19th century, the parlor was the room in the house where the recently deceased were laid out before their funeral.
  • 02br 02br 00The term marks the twentieth-century effort of 05700 and builders to strip the parlor of its burial and mourning associations.
  • A typical western living room will be furnished with a 05800, 05900, occasional 051000, a television or stereo equipment, 051100, as well as other pieces of 051200.
  • Traditionally a sitting room in the United Kingdom would have a fireplace.
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0A 01b00living room02b00, also known as 01b00sitting room02b00 (especially in the 05000), 01b00lounge room02b00 or 01b00lounge02b00 (in the United Kingdom and 05100), is a 05200 for entertaining guests, reading, watching 05300 or other activities. The word Lounge is from the La
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0N2G - do you mean something like a window full of plants? Or a display window to a store with real people instead of mannequins? Or just the living room window?02br
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0Thanks everyone. 02br
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00GG, the reason I didn't provide a context was that I wanted to see if this is a well-defined term that a native speaker will able to know what it is without the help of context, like a living room for example. 02br
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00From your answers, I've got the answer I'm looking for. I was referring to your second answer, a display w
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0It's not really a well-defined term. I was really reaching when I came up with that one! What a lucky guess.0-
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0 "Living Nativity" I think most US English speakers would get. "Living window," not so much. 0-
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0Thanks Delmobile!0-
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