reception room

noun

A room for receiving and entertaining guests or clients.

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Meanings

nounreception room (plural reception rooms)

plural reception rooms

  1. A room for receiving and entertaining guests or clients.

    I wonder if Dr. Olivant knows anything of prints? Some doctors have uncommonly good things on the walls of their reception rooms. We might ask him.

    1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London

Translations

Bulgarian гостна, рецепция
  • гостна (gostna)a room for receiving guests
  • рецепция (recepcija)a room for receiving guests
Latin ātrium
  • ātriuma room for receiving guests
Cite this entry
APA

reception room. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reception%20room

MLA

“reception room.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reception%20room. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reception room,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reception%20room.

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