DRAWING-ROOM


Meaning of DRAWING-ROOM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ̈ɪˈdrɔ:ɪŋrum ]

n. 1 a room for comfortable sitting or entertaining in a private house. 2 (attrib.) restrained; observing social proprieties (drawing-room conversation). 3 US a private compartment in a train. 4 hist. a levee, a formal reception esp. at court. [earlier withdrawing-room, because orig. used for women to withdraw to after dinner]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.