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  • noun Alternative form of living room.

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Examples

  • In the living-room huge French windows (8m x 3m) open on the garden so that you have the feeling that the garden is part of the house; there is a sensation of continuity between inside and outside.

    The Biscuit House by aum 2009

  • The fireplace, both cumbersome and light, acts as a separation between the living-room and the music-room.

    The Biscuit House by aum 2009

  • The living-room shutters were hand-carved in India.

    Florida 'Anglo-Caribbean' 2011

  • Designed to accommodate those living-room sessions, casual meetings, TV, dining, and especially gaming – whatever your thing may be … keep it on the Down Low.

    Church Point House by Utz-Sanby Architects 2009

  • The atrium was made in order to compensate for a lack of sunlight in the living-room area and enabled two-way lighting of certain rooms.

    House K by 3LHD Architects 2009

  • There's the living-room TV, the kitchen TV, the coat-room TV, the outdoor TV for the smokers and the bathroom TV.

    The 21 Rules of Surviving a Super Bowl Party Jason Gay 2012

  • She propped her feet up on the living-room coffee table as she fed him and flipped through the television channels.

    At Hidden Falls Barbara Freethy 2011

  • In a living-room corner at Ambrose Akinmusire's unassuming apartment in Inwood, near Manhattan's northern tip, a round wooden table, painted white, is littered with hand-scrawled quotations.

    Finding the Voice Behind the Trumpet Larry Blumenfeld 2011

  • "Naturally you hope it gets off the ground and has the legs to get to Broadway," he said, sinking into a living-room sofa.

    Bacharach Looks Back—And Forward to a Musical Marc Myers 2011

  • Designed to accommodate those living-room sessions, casual meetings, TV, dining, and especially gaming – whatever your thing may be … keep it on the Down Low.

    Down Low Seating by Upwell Design 2009

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