Definition of "family room" []

• A recreation room especially for the use of family members. (noun)

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• "She put the teapot on and went out into the family room to get the bottle of Fundador sitting on a shelf next to a crystal bottle of Louis XIV."
• "We entered a family room with dark-paneled walls, leather furniture, and a big TV/stereo setup."
• "Dullness of spirit rather than curiosity compelled her to make a brief tour of the small apartment: two bedrooms, a narrow galley kitchen with a breakfast bar that opened into a dining room, a family room with comfortably worn sofas and chairs littered with books, magazines, and ukulele parts."