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Parlor

A room for business or social conversation, for the reception of guests, etc.

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Room 76% connected

Unobstructed spase; space which may be occupied by or devoted to any object; compass; extent of place, great or small; as, there is not room for a ho…

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Salon 76% connected

An apartment for the reception of company; hence, in the plural, fashionable parties; circles of fashionable society.

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Abode 70% connected

of Abide

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Domicile 70% connected

An abode or mansion; a place of permanent residence, either of an individual or a family.

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Dwelling 70% connected

of Dwell

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Habitation 70% connected

The act of inhabiting; state of inhabiting or dwelling, or of being inhabited; occupancy.

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Home 70% connected

See Homelyn.

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Stress noun · 78% connection

Distress.

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Base adjective · 78% connection

Of little, or less than the usual, height; of low growth; as, base shrubs.

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Acceptation noun · 78% connection

Acceptance; reception; favorable reception or regard; state of being acceptable.

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Antechamber noun · 78% connection

A chamber or apartment before the chief apartment and leading into it, in which persons wait for audience; an outer chamber. See Lobby.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: room, business, social, conversation, reception.
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Anteroom noun · 78% connection

A room before, or forming an entrance to, another; a waiting room.

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Anthropology noun · 78% connection

The science of the structure and functions of the human body.

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Boycott verb · 78% connection

To combine against (a landlord, tradesman, employer, or other person), to withhold social or business relations from him, and to deter…

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Chamber noun · 78% connection

A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.

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Coffeehouse noun · 78% connection

A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.

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Colloquial adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloq…

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Conventionality noun · 78% connection

The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the…

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Dais noun · 78% connection

The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table.

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Divan noun · 78% connection

A book; esp., a collection of poems written by one author; as, the divan of Hafiz.

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Drawing-room noun · 78% connection

A room appropriated for the reception of company; a room to which company withdraws from the dining room.

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Entertainment noun · 78% connection

The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.

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Foyer noun · 78% connection

A lobby in a theater; a greenroom.

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Hall noun · 78% connection

A building or room of considerable size and stateliness, used for public purposes; as, Westminster Hall, in London.

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Hospitable adjective · 78% connection

Receiving and entertaining strangers or guests with kindness and without reward; kind to strangers and guests; characterized by hospit…

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Hospitality noun · 78% connection

The act or practice of one who is hospitable; reception and entertainment of strangers or guests without reward, or with kind and gene…

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Influencer noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, influences.

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