formal room

collocation in English

meaningsofformalandroom

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formal
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.məl/us
/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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room
noun
uk
/ruːm/us
/ruːm/
a part of the inside of a building that is separated from other parts by walls, floor, ...
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(Definition offormalandroomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofformal room

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The drawing room was aformalroomwhere guests were greeted.
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There are 15 rooms in all, including a large living room, library, kitchen and two dining rooms: aformalroomand a more casual one that looks toward the river.
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The library is a lessformalroombut has the largest pomegranate above the marble fireplace which, like all the other fireplaces in the house, burned wood instead of gas.
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The ground floor originally contained servant spaces, with the formal rooms on the principle floor and bedrooms on the uppermost floor.
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Above the piano nobile were the more private room and less formal rooms for the family.
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The ground floor originally contained domestic spaces, with the formal rooms on the principle floor and bedrooms on the upper floor.
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During this period, the tokonoma in formal rooms and tea rooms became the main place for bonsai display.
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This ground floor consists of an enfilade of formal rooms (salons, dining room, and library).
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In the formal rooms, the panelled ceilings were half torn down, having been used for repairs.
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Inside the building, the formal rooms of the house were on the north side, while the central part of the house contains the bedrooms and a library.
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